HB 433 — STUDY CAREER & TECH EDUCATION

HOUSEAN BILLACT 433RELATING 57THTO LEGISLATUREEDUCATION; - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Anita Gonzales and Joy Garratt and Meredith A.

DixonPROVIDING andFOR CathrynnTHE N.HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES AND COURSE INSTRUCTORS AND THE SALARIES AND COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS;

BrownREQUIRING ThisA documentREPORT mayAND incorporateRECOMMENDATIONS. amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

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AN ACT h RELATING TO EDUCATION;

PROVIDING FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION g o t hr DEPARTMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PUBLIC EDUCATION g e i k DEPARTMENT, THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE h r i s LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT A h , t, COMPREHENSIVE STUDY REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF CAREER AND e u g e b l e e h TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES AND COURSE INSTRUCTORS AND THE n d d i = = o h SALARIES AND COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL l ] b ,d i a º e EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS;

REQUIRING A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS r i = r t e w d m a n o HAFCº ;

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b e d s º o t n = .230486.1AIC March 12, 2025 (3:34pm) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

The study required pursuant to this section HB 433/a Page 1 shall:

(1) identify and evaluate the availability of career and technical education courses offered in the state, h with a focus on ways to address and meet current and u » r t h anticipated future needs and demands for students and industry, g e l i including:

h r i s (a) whether a known or identified demand h , e h t u g for a course exceeds the course availability or the course is e b l e e , gh not available;

n d d i = = o h (b) whether the courses offered l ] b ,d i a º r e r = adequately address the needs of the students seeking specific t e w d m a n o skills for workforce jobs or the industry employers seeking dworkers mwith :those specific skills;

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and (f) whether any other current or future matters or concerns exist related to career and technical HB 433/a Page 2 education courses, particularly any matters or concerns indicated by industry employers;

(2) evaluate the salaries and compensation h packages for career and technical education instructors in the g o t hr state, including:

g e i k (a) an in-depth review of the salaries h r i s paid to instructors, with a focus on instructors teaching at h , t, community colleges;

e u g e b l e e h (b) the number of instructors currently n d d i = = o h employed, including the number of career and technical l ] b ,d i a º e education courses each instructor teaches;

r(c) iwhether =there ris ta eshortage wof dcareer mand atechnical neducation oinstructors (c)and whetheran thereindication isof any area of career and technical education in which a shortage ofexists dand mthe :reason for any shortage identified;

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and (3) create a comprehensive report from the study that includes the findings from the evaluation of the career and technical education courses in Paragraph (1) of this subsection and the findings from the evaluation of the career and technical education instructors in Paragraph (2) HB 433/a Page 3 of this subsection.

In addition to the findings required in Subsection B of this section, the comprehensive report shall include all matters or concerns identified from the study, h including any known reasons for the findings, issues identified u » r or anticipated, input from industry employers and t h g e l i recommendations for immediate steps to take and longer-term h r i s actions to address matters or concerns identified in the study.

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The study required in this section shall be t u g e b l e e , gh HAFCº completed no later than October 1, 2025, at which time the n d d i = = o h study shall be»HAFC provided to the governor, the legislative l ] b ,d i a º r finance committee and any other appropriate legislative e r = t e w d m a n o committees.

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HAFCº SECTION 2.

APPROPRIATION.--OneEFFECTIVE hundredDATE.--The thousandeffective dollarsdate ($100,000)of is appropriated from the generalprovisions fundof tothis theact higheris educationJuly department1, for2025. expenditure in fiscal year 2026 to conduct the study required pursuant to Section 1 of this act.

AnyHB unexpended433/a orPage unencumbered4 balance25 remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.»HAFC SECTION HAFCº3.»HAFC HAFCº2.»HAFC EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.

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