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HOUSE BILL 194
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
D. Wonda Johnson and Janelle Anyanonu and Charlotte Little
and Joseph Franklin Hernandez
AN ACT
RELATING TO SCHOOL; PROTECTING THE CULTURAL EXPRESSION OF
STUDENTS AT GRADUATION AND PROMOTION CEREMONIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Public School Code is
enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] CULTURAL PROTECTIONS AT GRADUATION AND
PROMOTION CEREMONIES.--
A. A public school, private school or charter
school shall not prohibit a student who is enrolled, or
eligible for enrollment, in a federally recognized Indian
nation, tribe or pueblo from wearing objects of cultural
significance at a graduation or promotion ceremony.
B. For the purposes of this section, "objects of
cultural significance" means items that hold special meaning
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for federally recognized Indian nations, tribes or pueblos,
including tribal regalia, jewelry, moccasins, beaded graduation
caps and feathers."
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