Editing New Mexico (section)

===Primary and secondary education===
{{See also|List of school districts in New Mexico|List of high schools in New Mexico}}
The [[New Mexico Public Education Department]] oversees the operation of primary and secondary schools; individual school districts directly operate and staff said schools.

In January 2022, New Mexico became the first state in the U.S. to recruit national guardsmen and state workers to serve as substitute teachers due to staffing shortages caused by COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 19, 2022|title=New Mexico asks Guard to sub for sick teachers amid omicron|url=https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-new-mexico-michelle-lujan-grisham-teaching-eaa5e804bc4f3c98efc0c8b14f2fb94e|access-date=2022-01-26|website=AP News|language=en|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126152419/https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-new-mexico-michelle-lujan-grisham-teaching-eaa5e804bc4f3c98efc0c8b14f2fb94e|url-status=live}}</ref> Partly in response to pandemic-related shortages, on March 1, 2022, Governor Grisham signed into law four bills to increase the salaries and benefits of teachers and other school staff, particularly in entry-level positions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Mexico governor signs education bills, raises teacher minimum salaries by $10K |url=https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-governor-signs-education-bills-000416719.html |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=news.yahoo.com |date=March 2, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407204519/https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-governor-signs-education-bills-000416719.html |url-status=live }}</ref>