Overview
- Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla credited a crackdown on corruption and the purge of ghost workers, saying some listed on the payroll included legislators and municipal officials.
- Education Secretary Gabriela Molina detailed controls such as paying salaries by bank card, verifying attendance, and cross‑checking workforce data, plus a 2023 unit to coordinate responses to concurrent federal audits.
- ASF figures cited show observations falling from 679 million pesos in 2014 to 28.8 million in 2021, 3.9 million in 2022, 2.6 million in 2023, and zero in 2024.
- Officials said these measures stabilized timely payment to active teachers and supported uninterrupted school cycles.
- The state government also claimed the reforms enabled over 40 billion pesos in infrastructure investment without new borrowing and a rise in own‑source revenue share from 4.8% to 8.6%, assertions reported without independent verification.