Statutes, Martinez/Yazzie funding, reports, and hearings.
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...
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....
Explains the Legislative Education Study Committee staff’s advisory role in the remedial plan, including research, fiscal analysis and coordination with PED.
The Legislative Finance Committee presentation says plaintiffs alleged in 2014 that New Mexico was not meeting its constitutional obligations to provide sufficient funding and programming for at-risk students. It summarizes the 2019 court ruling as finding inadequate inputs and dismal student outcomes. The presentation reports that in 2025 the court ordered the Public Education Department (PED) to develop a remedi...
In a June 5, 2025 memo to Public Education Department (PED) Cabinet Secretary Mariana Padilla, Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC) staff say they will assist PED in developing a remedial action plan. The memo says the participation follows a court order and invitation; this is the memo’s account of those actions. LESC describes its role as advisory and technical, and proposes regular coordination with PED...
The court granted the plaintiffs’ motion in part. It found that the State and PED were not complying with earlier orders and that at-risk students’ constitutional right to a uniform and sufficient education continued to be violated. The court concluded a comprehensive remedial plan was necessary, but assigned PED—not LESC—to lead its development. The order sets deadlines for PED to identify an outside expert, deve...
A policy brief reports that PED responded to the plaintiffs’ motion for a remedial action plan. PED said it was willing to work toward a plan but opposed the plaintiffs’ request that LESC mainly author it. The brief describes the parties’ different positions: plaintiffs argued that a lack of a comprehensive plan and poor student outcomes showed noncompliance, while PED argued that educational inputs, including fun...
A July 16, 2024 presentation to New Mexico legislative committees reviews the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit, court findings, and state actions and reported outcomes. The presentation describes the court’s findings on educational resources and student outcomes, then compares those findings with legislative and executive actions and local outcome measures.