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NM Educators to Lawmakers: "We Can't Teach on a Shoestring"

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008   

Albuquerque, NM - Education shouldn't be done on a shoestring. That's the message for the current American Education Week from a coalition of New Mexico educators, who will be kicking off a campaign to push for sufficiently-funded schools with a rally today in the State Capitol rotunda. National Education Association New Mexico president Sharon Morgan says that more than 20 school districts in the state currently receive emergency funding, and larger districts like Albuquerque are also having funding problems. She says that's led to a shortage of all kinds of supplies, from textbooks to paper and ink cartridges -- and that's not all.

"Mostly it means we don't have the programs, we don't have the counseling for our kids that they need in some cases. We don't have enough art teachers and music teachers and PE teachers, and our kids deserve those things. We have got to invest in our kids and invest in our future by investing in our public schools, and supplying the money that our schools need."

Morgan says the state constitution provides for sufficiently-funded public schools. She'd like to see the legislature commit to a 15 percent increase in education funding, although some lawmakers say that will be a tall order with a growing budget shortfall looming.

The rally is set for noon, between meetings of legislative education and finance committees. American Education Week continues across the country, and the rest of the state, this week.





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