Browse all documents across every section of the Martinez/Yazzie case.
This legislative update, presented for an LESC hearing on April 30, 2026, describes reported progress on Martinez-Yazzie action-plan items. It covers literacy, math, special education, staffing, student supports, school climate, accountability, and accreditation. The document reports a mixture of completed work, ongoing activity, and future steps. These include support for 86 literacy early-adopter schools, a stat...
The brief says the court found the state in violation of its constitutional obligations in 2019 and, in May 2025, determined that the state and PED remained out of compliance. It ordered PED to develop a comprehensive remedial action plan. PED submitted its final plan in November 2025. Plaintiffs later objected and requested further relief, arguing that the plan lacks details needed to remedy the violations. PED d...
KUNM interviews attorney Alisa Diehl about the plaintiffs’ request to revise the state’s education plan and bring community expertise into implementation.
The lead filing is the Yazzie plaintiffs’ reply to PED’s response to objections to the remedial plan. Plaintiffs argue that the plan does not show how the State would remedy the court-identified violations and defers important decisions to future evaluations, pilots, and unspecified actions. They call for defined actions, funding, responsible actors, timelines, and measurable outcomes. The reply and its attachment...
The Yazzie and Martinez plaintiffs filed this joint reply asking the court for further relief concerning the New Mexico Public Education Department’s remedial plan. This document presents the plaintiffs’ arguments and requests, not a decision on the motion. The plaintiffs say the plan’s substance is inadequate, despite PED’s argument that it followed the process set by the court. The reply quotes the court as havi...
Reports on PED’s request for approval of its remedial plan and its response to the plaintiffs’ objections about implementation and accountability.
Covers the plaintiffs’ February objections to the remedial plan, including concerns about benchmarks, funding and responsibility for carrying out changes. Includes PED’s response.
The Yazzie and Martinez plaintiffs jointly ask the court to order New Mexico and the Public Education Department (PED) to rewrite the final Comprehensive Remedial Action Plan with plaintiffs and subject-matter experts. The plaintiffs argue that PED’s final submission does not provide the detail they say is needed for effective planning, including measurable steps, costs, guidance for school districts, and meaningf...
Examines lawmakers’ questions about the revised action plan and the relationship between education funding, implementation and measurable improvement.
This November 2025 presentation by legislative and education officials reviews the Martinez-Yazzie case, education indicators and funding, and a remedial action plan submitted by the Public Education Department (PED). It reports that the court found educational inputs inadequate and student outcomes poor. The presentation says PED submitted a revised plan to the court on November 3, following stakeholder feedback....