Governor, parents urge House to pass House Bill 285, Special Education Act, today

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Gov. Michelle Lujan on Wednesday urged the House to vote on and pass House Bill 285, the Special Education Act. The bill has been awaiting a vote on the House floor for nearly a week.
"New Mexico families are tired of hearing what the special education system can't do for their children, not to mention the courts, which have already mandated that we act now -- not tomorrow -- to get special education students the resources they need," said Gov. Lujan Grisham. "Parents are tired of watching their children suffer, tired of watching educators not getting the support they need in the classroom, tired of seeing their child isolated in the back corner of an "inclusion' classroom without integration or instruction. The system is broken, and I stand with the thousands of New Mexico families who are counting on us to take the first critical steps toward repairing it by passing the Special Education Act this session -- but we are quickly running out of time. Further study is not going to solve this problem, and the time for the Legislature to act is now."

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