Feb 20, 2025

Media Advisory: New hearings scheduled for Thursday and Friday

Happening now: ECECD budget is being heard in the SFC

Visit the Early Childhood Education and Care Department Newsroom here .

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Febuary 20, 2025

CONTACT

Julia Sclafani

Public Relations Specialist

Email: julia.sclafani@ececd.nm.gov

Mobile: (505) 699-5937

1120 Paseo De Peralta

Santa Fe, NM 87501

nmececd.org

SANTA FE – New hearings are scheduled today and tomorrow for key legislation and the Early Childhood Education and Care Department FY26 budget:

HAPPENING NOW: Senate Finance Committee - see agenda

Thursday, Feb. 20 at 9 a.m. in hearing room 322

ECECD agency budget

House Appropriations and Finance Committee

Thursday, Feb. 20 at 1:30 p.m. in hearing room 307

HB71: Early Childhood Ed. and Care Fund Transfer Increase

Senate Education Committee

Friday, Feb. 21 at 9 a.m. in hearing room 311

SJR6: Early Childhood Trust Fund Constitutional Amendment

Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee

Friday, Feb. 21 at 1:30 p.m. in room 311

SB66: Criminal Offender Employment Act Exemption Bill

*Masks are requested when attending SHPAC committee

Learn about ECECD’s budget and legislative priorities at nmececd.org.

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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham launched the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) in 2020, making New Mexico among the first states to consolidate all early childhood programs and services under a single cabinet-level agency. Under this administration, ECECD has led the nation by expanding access to free New Mexico PreK, overseeing the largest investment in early childhood infrastructure in state history, and implementing cost-free child care for a majority of New Mexico families. Learn more about how ECECD supports children, families, and the early childhood professionals that serve our communities at nmececd.org, or find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram as @NewMexicoECECD.

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