2022: Greg Cunningham Opposed Constitutional Amendment 1, Which Increased Funding For Pre-K And K-12 Education In New Mexico

2022: Cunningham Opposed Constitutional Amendment 1, Which Increased Funding For Early Childhood Services And K-12 Education In New Mexico With Increased Disbursements From The State Trust

2022: Cunningham Opposed A Constitutional Amendment To Increase Funding For Early Childhood Services And K-12 Education In New Mexico. “NAME: Gregory Cunningham. […] 10. In recent years, New Mexico has steadily increased spending on early childhood programs, such as home visiting, prekindergarten and child care assistance, and created a new early childhood trust fund. Do you support or oppose the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would withdraw more money from the state’s permanent school fund to increase funding for early childhood services and K-12 education? Our state spends $4.8 billion this year to be dead last in education. Our checkbook isn’t broken our educational system is. All the Pre-K money in the world won’t keep a 10th grader in high-school. I will not support 350,000,000 more dollars for undefined programs on a legislative spending spree.” [Albuquerque Journal, 9/30/22]

• 2022: Constitutional Amendment 1 Increased State Funding For Early Childhood Education And Public Schools By 1.25%. “Constitutional Amendment 1: More Land Grant Permanent Fund money to education Voters in the November election will have the option to approve Constitutional Amendment 1, which would invest money from a state trust in our youngest children and school systems. The Land Grant Permanent Fund is the second-wealthiest fund in the country, and advocates have pushed for years to use more of the money to address New Mexico’s historically low child well-being rankings. The Land Grant Permanent Fund already disburses money every year for education, but this amendment would increase the amount by a little over 1.25%, making $150 million available for early childhood education. Another $100 million would go to public schools to hire more teachers and support staff, expand programs for at-risk students, and pay for building maintenance and repair.” [Source New Mexico, 11/7/22]
• Money For The Additional Early Childhood Education And Public School Benefits Would Come From A Permanent Land Grant Fund Made Up Mostly From Taxes On Oil And Gas. “When New Mexico voters go to the booth they are going to be asked a series of questions that could have ramifications on how politicians spend their money. Three constitutional amendments will appear on the ballot and two of them deal with how tax dollars are spent. […] The first question voters will see says in part, ‘Do you support an amendment to provide for or additional annual distributions of the permanent school fund for enhanced instruction for students at risk of failure, extending the school year, teacher compensation and early childhood education.’ ’New Mexico has a permanent land grant school fund that allocates lots of money each year for the public schools,’ Sanderoff said. ‘This constitutional amendment will allow more money to be tapped from the permanent land grant fund to be used for early childhood education and public schools.’ The money in that fund comes mostly from taxes imposed on the oil and gas industry. The constitutional amendment would increase the amount of money in that fund from 5 percent to 6.5 percent. ‘The economists estimate that an additional $230 million would be able to be pulled out of the land grant permanent fund,’ Sanderoff said.” [KOAT, 11/4/22]

2022: Cunningham Called Constitutional Amendment 1 “A Legislative Spending Spree” And Said “All The Pre-K Money In The World Won’t Keep A 10th Grader In High-School”

2022: Cunningham Said, “All The Pre-K Money In The World Won’t Keep A 10th Grader In High-School.” “NAME: Gregory Cunningham. […] 10. In recent years, New Mexico has steadily increased spending on early childhood programs, such as home visiting, prekindergarten and child care assistance, and created a new early childhood trust fund. Do you support or oppose the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would withdraw more money from the state’s permanent school fund to increase funding for early childhood services and K-12 education? Our state spends $4.8 billion this year to be dead last in education. Our checkbook isn’t broken our educational system is. All the Pre-K money in the world won’t keep a 10th grader in high-school. I will not support 350,000,000 more dollars for undefined programs on a legislative spending spree.” [Albuquerque Journal, 9/30/22]

2022: Cunningham Called Constitutional Amendment 1 “A Legislative Spending Spree” For “Undefined Programs.” “NAME: Gregory Cunningham. […] 10. In recent years, New Mexico has steadily increased spending on early childhood programs, such as home visiting, prekindergarten and child care assistance, and created a new early childhood trust fund. Do you support or oppose the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would withdraw more money from the state’s permanent school fund to increase funding for early childhood services and K-12 education? Our state spends $4.8 billion this year to be dead last in education. Our checkbook isn’t broken our educational system is. All the Pre-K money in the world won’t keep a 10th grader in high-school. I will not support 350,000,000 more dollars for undefined programs on a legislative spending spree.” [Albuquerque Journal, 9/30/22]

2022: Cunningham Said, “Our State Spends $4.8 Billion This Year To Be Dead Last In Education. Our Checkbook Isn’t Broken Our Educational System Is.” “NAME: Gregory Cunningham. […] 10. In recent years, New Mexico has steadily increased spending on early childhood programs, such as home visiting, prekindergarten and child care assistance, and created a new early childhood trust fund. Do you support or oppose the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would withdraw more money from the state’s permanent school fund to increase funding for early childhood services and K-12 education? Our state spends $4.8 billion this year to be dead last in education. Our checkbook isn’t broken our educational system is. All the Pre-K money in the world won’t keep a 10th grader in high-school. I will not support 350,000,000 more dollars for undefined programs on a legislative spending spree.” [Albuquerque Journal, 9/30/22]