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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR M.J. Garcia

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

3/13/2007

HB

SHORT TITLE Eduardo Holguin, Congrats

SM 79

ANALYST Schuss

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Memorial 79 honors, congratulates and thanks Eduardo Holguin for his great

contributions to education in New Mexico.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Senate Memorial 79 states that Eduardo Holguin served the children of the Las Cruces Public

Schools as a fifth grade teacher for almost three decades. Eduardo Holguin served as Vice

President of the National Education Association of New Mexico and is completing his second

and last three-year term as President of the National Education Association of New Mexico.

According to SM 79, Eduardo Holguin is a native New Mexican and Graduate of Las Cruces

high school and New Mexico State University, with a Master’s Degree in counseling and

guidance. Eduardo Holguin has served the public school employees of New Mexico as a

representative on the National Education Association Board of Directors, a member of the

Educational Testing Service Teacher Program Council, a member of the Unit Accreditation

Board for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, and as a New Mexico

Commissioner on the Education Commission of the States.

Eduardo Holguin has been a tireless advocate for children, public education and public education

employees before the New Mexico Legislature and in other venues. He has been responsible for

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bringing many notable New Mexicans, including heralded newsman Ernie Mills, First Lady

Barbara Richardson, entertainer extraordinaire Al Hurricane, Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-

Giron, weather prognosticator Steve Stucker, Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish and noted New

Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya, onto the floor of the Senate alongside the National Education

Association of New Mexico Read Across America honorary chairperson. Eduardo Holguin

championed literacy and learning across New Mexico and the nation.

The Senate of the State of New Mexico requests that the Senate congratulate Eduardo Holguin

for his years of service to New Mexico, its public schools, its children and its public school

employees and that the Senate offer its gratitude to Eduardo Holguin for his wise counsel on

educational issues over the last six years as spokesperson for the National Education Association

of New Mexico.

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