April 8, 1999

The Honorable Raymond G. Sanchez and

Members of the House of Representatives

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

Honorable Speaker and Members of the House:

I have this day VETOED and am returning HOUSE BILL 88

enacted by the Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Session, 1999.

This legislation appropriates $1 million from the general fund to the Division of

Vocational Education of the State Department of Education for high school vocational education. This program is vetoed because it establishes an recurring cost program with its attendant bureaucracy that has little, if any, chance of achieving results that justify the ongoing expense.

Additionally, I firmly believe our children deserve real education reform before we consider

Adding or expanding programs in our public schools.

Sincerely,

Gary E. Johnson

Governor