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HOUSE BILL 489
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
E. Diane Torres-Velásquez and Pamelya Herndon and Harold Pope
and Janelle Anyanonu
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE BLACK EDUCATION LIAISON; ASSIGNING THE DUTY OF
LINKING TO AN ONLINE REPORTING PORTAL; PROVIDING THAT
INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO THE PORTAL IS CONFIDENTIAL; CHANGING
WHITE PAPERS TO POLICY BRIEFS OR POSITION PAPERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 22-23C-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2021,
Chapter 51, Section 5) is amended to read:
"22-23C-5. BLACK EDUCATION LIAISON CREATED--DUTIES.--
A. The "Black education liaison" is created in the
department.
B. The liaison shall:
(1) focus on issues related to Black education
and advise the secretary and the council on the development and
implementation of public policy regarding the education of
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Black students;
(2) advise the department and the council on
the development and implementation of the five-year strategic
plan for public elementary and secondary education in the state
as the plan relates to [Black student ] the education of Black
students;
(3) assist and be assisted by other staff in
the department and in the higher education department to
improve elementary, secondary and post-secondary educational
outcomes for Black students;
(4) maintain and update information on the
department's website or a separate website that includes:
(a) subject to funding, links to a
statewide [hotline] online reporting portal for reporting
[racially charged incidents ] school-based incidents of racism
or racial discrimination against anyone. A submission and any
information in connection to the submission made through the
online portal is not a public record and is exempt from the
Inspection of Public Records Act ;
(b) links to the department's Black
education [white] policy briefs or position papers as well as
other pertinent research; and
(c) information on and links to
historically Black colleges and universities;
(5) serve as a resource to enable school
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districts and charter schools to provide equitable and
culturally relevant learning environments, educational
opportunities and culturally relevant instructional materials
for Black students enrolled in public schools;
(6) support and consult with the council;
(7) support school districts and charter
schools to recruit parents on site-based and school district
committees that represent the ethnic diversity of the
community; and
(8) implement activities that are recommended
and prioritized by the council within available funding."
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