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Learning starts early and continues through graduation.

The Roadmap looks at early childhood education and care, school climate, community schools, school-based health centers and the conditions students need to succeed.

Read the source: New Mexico Children’s Roadmap Report

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What the evidence says

New Mexico has 150 community schools, and 63% receive state grant funding. The Roadmap also reports that students are less likely to report supportive relationships with adults at school than with adults at home.

Read the source: New Mexico Children’s Roadmap Report

150

community schools in New Mexico

63%

of community schools receiving state grant funding

58%

of students reporting supportive relationships with adults at school

What policy can change

The Roadmap’s K-12 recommendations connect stable funding, local input and school conditions.

Recommendation 1

Make community-school funding consistent and reliable from year to year.

Recommendation 2

Fund support for all existing community schools and grow the number of new schools.

Recommendation 3

Develop a New Mexico-created school-climate survey with community input and collect data statewide each year.

Recommendation 4

Maintain enough funding for school-based health centers and continuity of student care.

Read the source: New Mexico Children’s Roadmap Report

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