New Mexico legislative session reshapes education spending

Democratic State, Sen. Carrie Hamblen of Las Cruces, N.M., left, and Sen. Linda Lopez of Albuquerque, hold a discussion on the floor of the New Mexico State Senate in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, March 19, 2021. The New Mexico Legislature was rushing to send final bills to the governor before the end of the annual legislative session at noon on Saturday, March 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

State Senate Majority Floor leader Peter Wirth, of Santa Fe, sits on the desk of Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, center, in conversation with with Sen. Pete Campos, of Las Vegas, during a recess of the senate annual legislative session on Friday, March 19, 2021, in Santa Fe, N.M. The late-night recess was called after an acrimonious exchange between two other senators during a debate on a sick leave provision. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Fencing and police roadblocks encircle the New Mexico State Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, March 19, 2021, in the final hours of a 60-day legislation amid concerns in the wake of the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January. The New Mexico Legislature was rushing to send final bills to the governor before the end of the annual legislative session at noon on Saturday, March 20. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)