State Tribal Collaboration Act: 2022 Agency Report

New Mexico Public Education Department. 300 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786. Tel: 505-827-5800; Web site: https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/

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Public Education; State Departments of Education; Institutional Mission; Tribes; State Legislation; American Indian Education; American Indians; Educational Cooperation; Futures (of Society); Public Agencies; Program Development; Program Implementation; Administrator Qualifications; Certification; Alaska Natives; Financial Support; Educational Finance; Access to Education; College Readiness; Career Readiness; Lifelong Learning; Program Administration; Advisory Committees; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Libraries; American Indian Languages; Elementary Secondary Education; Communication (Thought Transfer)

The New Mexico Public Education Department's (NMPED) mission is to ensure all students in New Mexico receive the education they deserve and that students are prepared for college, careers, and lifelong learning. To do this, the department is focusing on supports, sustained learning and outreach to districts, charter schools, tribal education departments, parents, students, and communities, while also focusing on leadership, productivity, building capacity, accountability, communication internally, and externally and fiscal responsibility. accountability, communication internally, and externally and fiscal responsibility. The State-Tribal Collaboration Act (STCA) reflects the commitment of the NMPED to work with tribal leaders on government-to-government basis and provide guidance for the implementation of Indian Education Act. The STCA signifies a milestone achievement that the State and the 23 sovereign nations, tribes, and pueblos accomplished together and will pave the way for the future benefit and longevity of cooperative and productive State-Tribal relationships. The STCA is a regulatory requirement located at Subsection C of Section 18.11.1 NMSA 1978 and requires that the NMPED issue this report. The report includes: (1) the policy the state agency adopted pursuant to the State-Tribal Collaboration Act; (2) the names of, and contact information for, the individuals in the state agency who are responsible for developing and implementing programs of the state agency that directly affect American Indians or Alaska Natives; (3) the current and planned efforts of the state agency to implement the policy set forth in Subsection A of Section 3 of the State-Tribal Collaboration Act; (4) a certification by the state personnel office of the number of managers and employees of each state agency who have completed the training required by Subsection B of this section; (5) a description of current and planned programs and services provided to, or directly affecting, American Indians or Alaska Natives and the amount of funding for each program; and (6) the method the state agency established for notifying employees of the state agency of the provisions of the State-Tribal Collaboration Act. [For the 2021 report, see ED628102.]

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ED628143