{"id":303355,"date":"2017-03-10T19:51:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T02:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=303355"},"modified":"2017-03-10T20:33:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T03:33:50","slug":"gop-senator-starts-process-to-override-veto-on-teacher-sick-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2017\/03\/gop-senator-starts-process-to-override-veto-on-teacher-sick-days\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP senator starts process to override veto on teacher sick days"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luis S\u00e1nchez Saturno \/ The New Mexican<\/p>

State Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, shown Friday on the Senate floor, has started the process of trying to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would allow teachers to take up to 10 days of sick leave without facing penalties on their state evaluations.<\/p><\/div>\n

A Republican legislator on Friday<\/span><\/span> began his attempt to override Gov. Susana Martinez’s veto of a bill that would enable teachers to use more sick days without being penalized in their performance evaluations.<\/p>\n

Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho, moved to have the vetoed bill returned to the Senate so he could seek an override early next week.<\/p>\n

Martinez is also a Republican, but Brandt said he would continue pursuing the override unless they can reach a compromise in which teachers are not penalized. He said he had initiated conversations with Martinez’s Public Education Department in hopes of starting such a discussion.<\/p>\n