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28+ HOUSE MEMORIAL 43
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30+TH LEGISLATURE
31+ - STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
32+FIRST SESSION
33+, 2025
34+INTRODUCED BY
35+Yanira Gurrola
2836 A MEMORIAL
2937 ACKNOWLEDGING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HISPANIC EDUCATION ACT
3038 AND THE BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION ACT AND REQUESTING
31-THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE TO STUDY HISPANIC
32-AND BILINGUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
33-WHEREAS, Hispanic students constitute the majority of
34-the student population in New Mexico and face achievement
35-gaps in academic performance, graduation rates and college
36-and career readiness; and
37-WHEREAS, New Mexico has a rich bilingual and
38-multicultural heritage, with a significant number of Hispanic
39-students who are English learners requiring specialized
40-instructional support and who may benefit from multicultural
41-education and culturally responsive pedagogy; and
39+THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE TO STUDY HISPANIC AND
40+BILINGUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
41+WHEREAS, Hispanic students constitute the majority of the
42+student population in New Mexico and face achievement gaps in
43+academic performance, graduation rates and college and career
44+readiness; and
45+WHEREAS, New Mexico has a rich bilingual and multicultural
46+heritage, with a significant number of Hispanic students who
47+are English learners requiring specialized instructional
48+support and who may benefit from multicultural education and
49+culturally responsive pedagogy; and
4250 WHEREAS, New Mexico was the first state in the nation to
43-enact laws to serve Hispanic, bilingual and multicultural
44-students with the Hispanic Education Act and the Bilingual
45-Multicultural Education Act, which promote educational
46-equity, bilingual proficiency and culturally responsive
47-education; and
48-WHEREAS, the Hispanic Education Act aims to improve
49-educational outcomes and expand educational opportunities for
50-Hispanic students by fostering collaboration among public
51-schools, the public education department, the higher HM 43
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78-education department and community organizations to address
79-achievement gaps, increase graduation rates, foster parental
80-involvement and increase post-secondary enrollment, retention
81-and completion; and
82-WHEREAS, the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act aims
83-to ensure equal educational opportunities by incorporating
84-students' cultural and linguistic backgrounds into learning,
85-by promoting bilingualism, cognitive development and
86-appreciation of diverse languages and cultures and by
87-providing discretion to local school boards and charter
88-school governing bodies over program funding if they meet the
89-outlined program needs; and
78+enact laws to serve Hispanic, bilingual and multicultural
79+students with the Hispanic Education Act and the Bilingual
80+Multicultural Education Act, which promote educational equity,
81+bilingual proficiency and culturally responsive education; and
82+WHEREAS, the Hispanic Education Act aims to improve
83+educational outcomes and expand educational opportunities for
84+Hispanic students by fostering collaboration among public
85+schools, the public education department, the higher education
86+department and community organizations to address achievement
87+gaps, increase graduation rates, foster parental involvement
88+and increase post-secondary enrollment, retention and
89+completion; and
90+WHEREAS, the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act aims to
91+ensure equal educational opportunities by incorporating
92+students' cultural and linguistic backgrounds into learning, by
93+promoting bilingualism, cognitive development and appreciation
94+of diverse languages and cultures and by providing discretion
95+to local school boards and charter school governing bodies over
96+program funding if they meet the outlined program needs; and
9097 WHEREAS, the public education department oversees and
9198 reports on the implementation of bilingual and multicultural
9299 education programs and oversees the bilingual multicultural
93100 education advisory council that consists of educators, school
94101 leaders and higher education faculty; and
95102 WHEREAS, the legislature has allocated funding for the
96-Hispanic Education Act and the Bilingual Multicultural
97-Education Act, but direct impact of the funding on students
98-and their communities remains unclear; and
99-WHEREAS, the Martinez/Yazzie lawsuit highlighted
100-Hispanic English-learning students' struggle with academic
101-performance in reading and math, with those in bilingual
102-programs performing only slightly better than their peers HM 43
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129-outside these programs; and
131+Hispanic Education Act and the Bilingual Multicultural
132+Education Act, but direct impact of the funding on students and
133+their communities remains unclear; and
134+WHEREAS, the Martinez/Yazzie lawsuit highlighted Hispanic
135+English-learning students' struggle with academic performance
136+in reading and math, with those in bilingual programs
137+performing only slightly better than their peers outside these
138+programs; and
130139 WHEREAS, research emphasizes that well-implemented
131140 bilingual multicultural education strengthens executive
132-function, expands career and higher education opportunities
133-and improves academic achievement; and
134-WHEREAS, evaluating current programming for Hispanic
135-and bilingual students and the funding structure and resource
141+function, expands career and higher education opportunities and
142+improves academic achievement; and
143+WHEREAS, evaluating current programming for Hispanic and
144+bilingual students and the funding structure and resource
136145 allocation for these programs would help inform legislative
137-recommendations to strengthen educational outcomes for
138-Hispanic and bilingual students by identifying successful
139-initiatives and by maximizing the impact of the limited
140-resources appropriated;
146+recommendations to strengthen educational outcomes for Hispanic
147+and bilingual students by identifying successful initiatives
148+and by maximizing the impact of the limited resources
149+appropriated;
141150 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
142151 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that this
143152 legislative body hereby acknowledge the significance of the
144153 Hispanic Education Act and the Bilingual Multicultural
145154 Education Act and request the legislative education study
146155 committee to study the implementation of those acts and the
147-current state of Hispanic education and bilingual programs,
148-including evaluating and identifying successful initiatives
149-related to students' academic performance and the funding
150-structures for Hispanic and bilingual education; and
151-BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative education
152-study committee be requested to study Hispanic and bilingual
153-education in collaboration with: HM 43
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184+current state of Hispanic education and bilingual programs,
185+including evaluating and identifying successful initiatives
186+related to students' academic performance and the funding
187+structures for Hispanic and bilingual education; and
188+BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative education
189+study committee be requested to study Hispanic and bilingual
190+education in collaboration with:
180191 A. a representative group of youth;
181192 B. representatives of the student groups named in
182193 the Martinez/Yazzie lawsuit;
183194 C. educator preparation programs;
184-D. educational leaders and educators with
185-expertise in bilingual education;
195+D. educational leaders and educators with expertise
196+in bilingual education;
186197 E. higher education institutions;
187198 F. members of the community; and
188199 G. the public education department; and
189200 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative education
190201 study committee be requested to publish a report of its
191202 research and recommendations by December 31, 2025; and
192203 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
193-transmitted to the director of the legislative education
194-study committee and the secretary of public education.
204+transmitted to the director of the legislative education study
205+committee and the secretary of public education.
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