LESC NEWS RELEASE

The Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC) will meet in Rio Rancho at the Rio Rancho Public Schools Administration Building from October 14 to 16, 2026.

Day 1 – October 14, 2026
LESC will begin its October hearings with a community welcome from Rio Rancho Public Schools before turning to a presentation about student access to extracurricular activities from the superintendents of Rio Rancho Public Schools, Santa Fe Public Schools, Albuquerque Public Schools, and Las Cruces Public Schools. LESC staff will present a brief on arts, physical education, and libraries, and the day will then wrap up with a tour of RioTECH, a career and technical education facility in Rio Rancho.

Day 2 – October 15, 2026
The day will begin with a presentation about teacher workload. LESC staff will also present on long-term financial planning and share preliminary FY28 budget considerations. There will also be a presentation from LESC staff and stakeholders about supporting bilingual education programs. The day will then wrap up with potential committee-endorsed legislation proposals ahead of the upcoming legislative session.

Closing Day – October 16, 2026
The final day of the committee meeting will include a report from the LESC director. There will also be presentations about the implementation of recent literacy legislation, an update from the STEM Innovation Network, and a presentation from New Mexico’s Basic Need Consortium.

Advisory: For additional information on the committee meeting, InformED, the LESC newsletter contains short stories on some agenda items and is usually available a few days before the meeting at
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Entity/LESC/Newsletter.

The committee meeting can be streamed online at
http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/harmony and reports discussed during the meeting are available under handouts at https://www.nmlegis.gov/Entity/LESC/Committee_Information.