Bill > HB489

This bill amends existing New Mexico law to expand and clarify the role of the Black Education Liaison within the state's education department. The bill modifies the liaison's responsibilities to include maintaining an online reporting portal for school-based incidents of racism or racial discrimination, with a key provision that any submissions to this portal will be kept confidential and exempt from public records requests. The legislation updates terminology, changing references from "white papers" to "policy briefs or position papers" and broadening the language about the liaison's focus from specifically "Black student" education to "the education of Black students." The liaison's duties now explicitly include advising on educational policies, supporting equitable learning environments, helping to recruit diverse parent representatives for school committees, and implementing council-recommended activities. The bill aims to create a more comprehensive and supportive infrastructure for addressing educational challenges and opportunities for Black students in New Mexico's public school system.

Education

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=489&year=25