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...
Legislative · Legislative Education Study CommitteeRead the record
The Identity, Equity, and Transformation (IET) team presentation describes a four-part Martinez and Yazzie strategy involving equity councils, a readiness assessment, school-level culturally and linguistically responsive (CLR) frameworks, and 90-day plans. The presentation reports that equity councils had ongoing monthly statewide meetings and describes training and materials for school-level CLR frameworks. It al...
State agency · New Mexico Public Education DepartmentRead the record
A November 22, 2019 memorandum from New Mexico Public Education Department Deputy Secretary Kara Bobroff gives district and charter school leaders guidance on forming Superintendent’s/Executive Director’s Equity Councils. The memo says the councils are intended to help inform local actions related to the Martinez and Yazzie consolidated lawsuit. The memo sets council membership requirements and several 2020 goals,...
State agency · New Mexico Public Education DepartmentRead the record
The NMPED timeline describes the court’s 2018 ruling that the State had failed to provide a sufficient public education, followed by a final judgment for the plaintiffs in February 2019. It also reports a $446 million increase in public education spending that spring. The timeline then describes NMPED guidance and events concerning Equity Councils, as well as competing positions in 2020 over whether the State had ...
State agency · New Mexico Public Education DepartmentRead the record
In an October 22, 2019 letter, Deputy Secretary Kara Bobroff described the state’s response to the Martinez and Yazzie lawsuits. The letter reports that the court found New Mexico had not met its duty to educate at-risk students and that several education acts were not being fully implemented. Bobroff said the Public Education Department (NMPED) would work with districts and charter schools on equity councils, rea...
State agency · New Mexico Public Education DepartmentRead the record
El documento principal es un plan de acción del Departamento de Educación Pública de Nuevo México (PED), presentado ante el tribunal el 3 de noviembre de 2025. Expone el contexto del caso Martínez-Yazzie y organiza acciones propuestas en torno a cuatro necesidades: instrucción de calidad, educadores preparados, servicios académicos y de bienestar, y financiamiento, apoyo y rendición de cuentas. El plan identifica ...
State agency · New Mexico Public Education DepartmentRead the record
The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) says the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit began with allegations that the state was failing to provide a sufficient education to specified student groups. The plan recounts that the 2019 decision affirmed a state responsibility and that a May 2025 court order directed PED to prepare a plan addressing outstanding needs; these are the plan’s account of the litigation, not find...
State agency · New Mexico Public Education DepartmentRead the record