Susana Martinez has vetoed higher education funding. Clearly, higher education in the state must be funded, and we hope both sides will work expeditiously to resolve their differences.”Public funding for higher education in New Mexico has been shrinking for years. But it’s not just higher education funding that is in trouble. The $6.1 billion spending plan Martinez vetoed called for increases to public schools, which rely almost entirely on state funding and which sustained a 2 percent state budget cut in the fall. Albuquerque school officials decided to cut sports programs from middle school unless the budget crisis is resolved to the benefit of public school funding.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2017 15:46 UTC