HOUSE BILL 839

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Teresa A. Zanetti

AN ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION; INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE INDIAN EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 22-23A-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 151, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "22-23A-1. SHORT TITLE.--[This act] Chapter 22, Article 23A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Indian Education Act"."

     Section 2. Section 22-23A-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 151, Section 6) is amended to read:

     "22-23A-6. ADVISORY COUNCIL.--

          A. The "Indian education advisory council" shall consist of [fourteen] sixteen members as follows:

                (1) four representatives from the Navajo Nation;

                (2) two representatives, one from the Mescalero Apache Tribe and one from the Jicarilla Apache Nation;

                (3) two representatives, one from the Pueblo of Zuni and one from the Pueblo of Laguna;

                [(3)] (4) four representatives, two from the southern pueblos and two from the northern pueblos; and

                [(4)] (5) four members representing urban areas, the federal bureau of Indian affairs, head start organizations and the general public, at least one of whom shall be non-Indian, but all of whom shall have knowledge of and involvement in the education of Indian students.

          B. On a semiannual basis, representatives from all tribes, members of the [state board] commission, the governor's office, the [New Mexico office of] Indian affairs department, the legislature, the [state superintendent] secretary and the Indian education advisory council shall meet to assist in evaluating, consolidating and coordinating all activities relating to the education of American Indian students.

          C. Members of the Indian education advisory council may receive per diem and mileage as provided for nonsalaried public officers in the Per Diem and Mileage Act."

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