HOUSE MEMORIAL 45

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

Bill McCamley

A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE BUREAU OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND THE ARROWHEAD CENTER AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO ALIGN THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVIDED TO NEW MEXICO STUDENTS TO THE TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE IN THE STATE.

     WHEREAS, New Mexico schools prepare students for a wide array of jobs and careers; and

     WHEREAS, New Mexico businesses are constantly seeking employees of the highest caliber; and

     WHEREAS, the economic development department is working hard to grow the economy in New Mexico; and 

     WHEREAS, the public education department is looking for the best ways to teach and to incentivize learning in schools; and

     WHEREAS, the workforce solutions department is committed to improving the jobs outlook in the state; and

     WHEREAS, both the bureau of business and economic research at the university of New Mexico and the arrowhead center at New Mexico state university have expertise in combining educational initiatives with economic development efforts; and

     WHEREAS, there is a golden opportunity to coordinate efforts to align the education and training provided to students to the types of employment available in the state;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the economic development department, the workforce solutions department, the public education department, the bureau of business and economic research at the university of New Mexico and the arrowhead center at New Mexico state university be requested to coordinate efforts to align the education and training provided to New Mexico students to the types of employment available in the state; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the secretary of economic development, the secretary of workforce solutions, the secretary of public education and the boards of regents of the university of New Mexico and New Mexico state university.