New Mexico lawmakers puts future of PED to voters

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Lawmakers are trying to replace the state's Public Education Department (PED) and its secretary with a state Board of Education and a superintendent. They point to all the PED secretaries coming and going over the past twenty years, and their political influence.Lawmakers want voters to overhaul the system. "We need to have a superintendent and a system in place that allows for something longer than a governor's term, frankly," says Senator Steven Neville, (R-Aztec