In 2024, NewMexicoKidsCAN continued to work to create more educational opportunities for students across our state. In 2024, we accomplished the following wins:

NewMexicoKidsCAN successfully defeated efforts to revert the state’s educational governance from a governor appointed secretary of education back to an elected state board of education – which would have caused chaos, increased politicization and spurred misalignment across the state’s education systems.

NewMexicoKidsCAN worked alongside APS school board members to adopt a governance model that focuses on students, hire a new superintendent, and align the superintendent’s contract to the measurable goals in the strategic plan.

NewMexicoKidsCAN, together with their coalition, cleared the path for the approval of several new charter schools and enrollment expansions that create thousands of high quality charter school seats.

We look forward to making even further progress in the new year. Stay tuned–we’ll be sharing our legislative goals in early 2025.