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When I was growing up in Roswell, there were few school choices for kids like me. I attended traditional neighborhood schools and learned best hands-on, but project-based learning wasn't an option. I struggled to connect what I was learning in the classroom to my life outside of school. I had to adapt to the system instead of the system adapting to me.

I also knew what it felt like to have fewer opportunities because my family had fewer resources. I couldn't participate in dance classes like my friend. Sometimes I would sit in the parent room during her practice and mimic the twirls I saw through the studio window. I didn't understand economic inequity then. I just knew there were opportunities other children had that I didn't.

Today, New Mexico families have many more public school choices than I did. Over 100 public charter schools offer different approaches to learning, from project-based and STEM-focused education to arts, outdoor learning and other specialized models. For a child who doesn't thrive in a traditional setting, having access to a school designed differently can open doors.

But providing students with different choices isn't enough if we don't provide those schools with equitable resources.

Just as no family should have to choose between paying the rent and meeting their child's needs, no public school should have to choose between paying for its building and investing in its students. Yet that is the reality many charter schools face across New Mexico.

Traditional public schools and charter schools are both public schools serving New Mexico students, but they don't have access to the same resources for school facilities. While traditional school districts can often rely on local bond funding and district-owned buildings, many charter schools must use operating dollars intended for teaching and learning to pay for rent, lease payments, building improvements and transportation. For example, in fiscal year 2026, 90% of charter schools received less lease assistance than needed, with an average shortfall of more than $250,000. Every dollar spent on those costs is a dollar that can't be invested in teachers, classroom resources, student supports or opportunities that help our students succeed.

New Mexico has made historic investments in public education. Creating greater equity for charter schools shouldn't mean taking resources away from traditional public schools. It should mean addressing gaps in how we fund facilities so all public schools can invest more of their resources where they matter most: in students.

The good news is that this is a problem we can solve. The New Mexico Legislature has an opportunity to create a more equitable system by expanding financing options for charter school facilities, increasing lease assistance, reducing barriers to state capital funding and strengthening the Charter School Facility Revolving Fund. The state should raise lease assistance to $1,052 per student and require annual inflation adjustments to prevent the formula from falling behind again.

These aren't simply investments in buildings, they're investments in students. When schools spend less of their operating dollars on facilities, more resources can stay in classrooms supporting teachers, students and learning. More kids can have access to science, the arts and dance.

Growing up, I couldn't change the circumstances that determined which opportunities were available to me. But today, we can change the systems that determine opportunities for New Mexico students. They may never know the difference between operating dollars, lease assistance or capital funding, and they shouldn't have to. They should simply know that when they walk through the doors of their public school, they have every opportunity to learn, grow and succeed.

Hope Morales is the executive director at Teach Plus New Mexico.