KOAT: APS Redistricting Plans Overturned

From KOAT-TV.com -  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The New Mexico Senate overturned the controversial Albuquerque Public School District's redistricting map, giving hope to those wanting a new west side district.  The Senate Rules Committee said under state law, it had the right to approve redistricting plans for large metropolitan districts like APS.  But later that day, APS School Board President Paula Maes said the Senate had no right to do that, saying the district could continue with the new map because buried in the constitution was another law stating the legislation has no authority to vote on school redistricting.  "What it basically means is that our map that we approved two weeks ago stands as is," said Maes.  This means the west side will continue to have to full school board districts and a third made up of more than 50 percent of west side residents. Read more

KOAT: APS Redistricting Plans Overturned