To: The New Mexico State House, The New Mexico State Senate, and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Support Senate Bill 164 and the NM School for the Arts.
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I support the arts in New Mexico and the NM School for the Arts. I ask that the NM legislature and Governor Martinez pass and sign into law Senate Bill 164.
Why is this important?
The NM School for the Arts has proven itself academically and artistically over the last 2 1/2 years, and has funded the arts portion of the school curriculum entirely through private funding for three school years. Senate Bill 164 seeks to amend the original legislation establishing this public/private charter school to allow the school to apply for available funds (not public education funds, other available public funds), beginning July 2013, in the state budget. At present, the school is prevented from even asking. This legislation would allow future requests, which could be approved, denied, or modified on a case by case basis. This school is the only school of its kind in the State of NM and, in three short years, has achieved a remarkable number of awards and achievements (http://www.nmschoolforthearts.org/about/awards-and-achievements/).
The bill was passed by the Senate Education Committee, and now heads to the Senate Finance Committee. Please support the arts in NM and at the NM School for the Arts by contacting your state legislators on both the House and Senate education committees (House - Mimi Stewart, Christine Trujillo, Alonzo Baldonado, Nathan Cote, Nora Espinoza, David Gallegos, Stephanie Richard, Jimmie Hall, Dianne Hamilton, Rick Miera, Dennis Roch, Tomas Salazar, and Sheryl Stapleton; Senate - John Sapien, William Soules, Craig Brandt, Lee Cotter, Bill O'Neill, Michael Padilla, John Pinto, Pat Woods, and Gay Kernan).
You can also contact the legislator who has introduced the bill, Nancy Rodriguez, to express your support.
Also, please contact the senators in the finance committee who will hear this matter next (John Arthur Smith, Carlos Cisneros, William Burt, Pete Campos, Carroll Leavell, Howie Morales, George Munoz, Steven Neville, and Sue Wilson Beffort).
The bill was passed by the Senate Education Committee, and now heads to the Senate Finance Committee. Please support the arts in NM and at the NM School for the Arts by contacting your state legislators on both the House and Senate education committees (House - Mimi Stewart, Christine Trujillo, Alonzo Baldonado, Nathan Cote, Nora Espinoza, David Gallegos, Stephanie Richard, Jimmie Hall, Dianne Hamilton, Rick Miera, Dennis Roch, Tomas Salazar, and Sheryl Stapleton; Senate - John Sapien, William Soules, Craig Brandt, Lee Cotter, Bill O'Neill, Michael Padilla, John Pinto, Pat Woods, and Gay Kernan).
You can also contact the legislator who has introduced the bill, Nancy Rodriguez, to express your support.
Also, please contact the senators in the finance committee who will hear this matter next (John Arthur Smith, Carlos Cisneros, William Burt, Pete Campos, Carroll Leavell, Howie Morales, George Munoz, Steven Neville, and Sue Wilson Beffort).