HB 433 New Mexico House · 2025 Regular Session

STUDY CAREER & TECH EDUCATION

HB 433 requires New Mexico's Higher Education Department, in collaboration with the Public Education Department, Workforce Solutions Department, and the Legislative Education Study Committee, to study career and technical education (CTE) course availability and instructor compensation. The study must examine course shortages, alignment with industry workforce needs, instructor salary comparisons to other higher education roles, and input from industry employers. It mandates a comprehensive report with findings and recommendations by October 1, 2025, and appropriates $100,000 from the general fund for this purpose. The bill directly affects state education agencies, school districts offering CTE programs, and industry employers providing workforce input.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Vetoed

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 17, 2025 Vetoed Apr 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

introduced version → Final Version · 9 edits

MAJOR

The bill was renumbered and reorganized from an introduced draft to a final version, with substantive additions to the study requirements. The final version expands the study's scope to include evaluating whether courses meet student and industry needs, identifying reasons for course shortages, and assessing opportunities to work with industry employers on incentives. It also adds specific requirements to evaluate instructor salaries and compensation packages, including comparisons with higher education instructors and analysis of shortages in specific career and technical education areas.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded from a general study of course and instructor availability to include detailed evaluations of course adequacy for workforce needs, reasons for course shortages, industry employer incentives, and a comparative analysis of instructor compensation between career/technical and higher education sectors.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement to evaluate whether courses adequately address current and future industry workforce needs, including identified shortages.

Added requirement to identify reasons for any course shortages or anticipated future course shortages.

Added requirement to evaluate opportunities to work with industry employers to identify incentives that could help address workforce shortages and future needs.

Added requirement to evaluate salaries and compensation packages for career and technical education instructors, including an in-depth review of salaries paid to instructors at community colleges.

Added requirement to evaluate the number of instructors currently employed and the number of career and technical education courses each instructor teaches.

Added requirement to identify any shortage of career and technical education instructors and the reason for any shortage.

Added requirement to compare salaries and compensation packages for career and technical education instructors with those of higher education instructors in the state.

Added requirement to include all matters or concerns identified from the study, including known reasons for findings, issues identified or anticipated, input from industry employers, and recommendations for immediate and longer-term actions.

TECHNICAL

Bill was renumbered from draft format to final version format, with line numbers and page references updated.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 21, 2025 · House Mar 13, 2025

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

Mar 21, 2025

D Democratic24

23 Yea 1

95% Yea

R Republican16

14 Yea 2

87% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 11, 2025

Vetoed

executive

Mar 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

passed Senate

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

DO PASS committee report adopted

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced

Sent to Senate Education Committee

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

passed House

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted

lower

Mar 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

DO PASS committee report adopted

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Introduced

Sent to House Education Committee & House Appropriations & Finance Committee

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors