House Joint Memorial 3

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 3

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Angelica Rubio

 

 

 

 

 

A JOINT MEMORIAL

DECLARING FEBRUARY 21, 2025 "NEW MEXICO TRIO PROGRAMS DAY" IN THE LEGISLATURE.

 

     WHEREAS, TRIO is a series of programs funded by the United States department of education that helps low-income students access higher education; and

     WHEREAS, TRIO derives its name from the initiative's original three programs: upward bound, created in 1964; educational talent search, created in 1965; and special services for disadvantaged students, created in 1968 and now known as student support services; and

     WHEREAS, since 1986, the United States congress has recognized a "National TRIO Day" in recognition of the achievements of the TRIO programs and the more than ten million students from low-income and working families that have benefited from the services of TRIO pre-college and college programs; and

     WHEREAS, 2025 is the sixty-first anniversary of the creation of TRIO programs, and New Mexico was one of the first states to implement these programs; and

     WHEREAS, all TRIO programs are vested in the notion that committed students deserve an opportunity to obtain higher education without regard to race, gender, national origin, disability status, family economic resources or family educational background; and

     WHEREAS, in addition to the original three programs, TRIO programs now include talent search, upward bound math/science, veterans upward bound, educational opportunity centers and the Robert E. McNair post-baccalaureate achievement program; and

     WHEREAS, there are forty-two TRIO programs in New Mexico that attract nearly thirteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($13,500,000) in annual federal funding and serve more than ten thousand students; and

     WHEREAS, these successful federal programs help students with disabilities and low-income, first-generation and economically disadvantaged students prepare for and gain admission to college and obtain college degrees and should be expanded in order to serve more students;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico TRIO programs be recognized for the important role they play in encouraging and assisting students seeking higher education by declaring February 21, 2025 as "New Mexico TRIO Programs Day" in the legislature; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that February 21, 2025 be recognized as "National TRIO Programs Day" in New Mexico; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to Richard Martinez, president-elect of the TRIO New Mexico association.

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