"NEW MEXICO TRIO PROGRAMS DAY"

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A MEMORIAL
DECLARING JANUARY 29, 2026 "NEW MEXICO TRIO PROGRAMS DAY" IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WHEREAS, TRIO is a series of programs funded by the
United States department of education that helps
first-generation, 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, 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, 2026 is the sixty-second 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
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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 thirty-eight TRIO programs in New
Mexico that attract more than twelve million five hundred
thousand dollars ($12,500,000) in annual federal funding and
serve nearly ten thousand students; and
WHEREAS, these successful federal programs help first-
generation, low-income 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 HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES 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 January 29, 2026 as "New Mexico
TRIO Programs Day" in the house of representatives; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
transmitted to Eilleen Garcia, president-elect of the TRIO New
Mexico association.