Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, a
historically defined Indian impacted school district shall:
(1) by October 15, and every three years
thereafter, conduct an American Indian/Alaska Native student needs assessment
to determine what supports are needed in school, at home, and in the community
to help American Indian and Alaska Native students succeed in school, graduate
with a diploma of excellence, and be prepared to enter post-secondary education
or the workplace;
(2) seek best
practices for conducting an American Indian/Alaska Native student needs
assessment that is appropriate for localized needs, to include school, home,
and the community;
(3) conduct a
tribal consultation with local Indian nations, tribes, and pueblos to
prioritize and address, the needs identified in the American Indian/Alaska
Native student needs assessment;
(4) prioritize in its school district budget
the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students and closing the
achievement gap between American Indian and Alaska Native students and all
other student groups through the use of state and federal funding for American
Indian and Alaska Native students, at-risk students, or economically
disadvantaged students;
(5) apply
for appropriate financial assistance, which may include state, federal, or
private grants, to assist with meeting the requirements of 6.35.2.11
NMAC;
(6) develop an accountability
tool, which shall be reevaluated annually, that measures the success or failure
of a public school's efforts pursuant to the systemic framework provided for in
6.35.2.12 NMAC;
(7) hold a public meeting with members of the
district's American Indian and Alaska Native students' tribal leadership,
parents, and the Indian education division at least twice during each school
year, once by November 30 and once by April 30, to report on the American
Indian/Alaska Native student needs assessment and the historically defined
Indian impacted school district's evaluation of progress; and
(8) conduct, submit to the department, and
publish on its website an annual review on the evaluation of progress to
determine if amendments are needed to the systemic framework or accountability
tool.
B. A historically
defined Indian impacted school district or an Indian nation, tribe, or pueblo
may request amendments to the systemic framework or accountability tool as the
result of the annual review on the evaluation of progress.
C. A historically defined Indian impacted
school district shall reevaluate the American Indian/Alaska Native student
needs assessment every three years, or more frequently if determined necessary
because of a change in American Indian or Alaska Native student enrollment
within the historically defined Indian impacted school district.
D. The American Indian/Alaska Native student
needs assessment may be incorporated into a historically defined Indian impact
school district's existing school improvement structure.
E. Annually, the department shall:
(1) when approving school district budgets,
consider whether a historically defined Indian impacted school district's
budget accomplishes the prioritized needs from the American Indian/Alaska
Native student needs assessment; and
(2) require the historically defined Indian
impacted school district to submit a written statement to the department, which
will be published on the department's website, detailing the ways in which the
historically defined Indian impacted school district's budget successfully met
or failed to meet the prioritized needs from the most recent American
Indian/Alaska Native student needs assessment. The historically defined Indian
impacted school district shall also submit the written statement to any Indian
nation, tribe, or pueblo located within the exterior boundaries of the
historically defined Indian impacted school district. Prior to April 15 of each
year, the historically defined Indian impacted school district shall submit to
the department the written statement, along with its operating budget, for the
ensuing fiscal year. The date for the submission of the written statement for
each historically defined Indian impacted school district as required by this
paragraph may be extended to a later date by the secretary.
