0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 49 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MANNY M. ARAGON | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE | 0012| ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE NEW MEXICO OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS | 0013| WORK IN COOPERATION WITH POTENTIAL LANDMARK SCHOOLS TO STUDY | 0014| ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LANDMARK SCHOOLS. | 0015| | 0016| WHEREAS, it is in New Mexico's best interest to perpetuate | 0017| its cultural and historic treasures through investment in their | 0018| preservation and development; and | 0019| WHEREAS, one of our most valuable state treasures is the | 0020| rich cultural background stemming from New Mexico's Indian | 0021| tribes and pueblos and the interface of Indian people with | 0022| people of other cultures over the years; and | 0023| WHEREAS, one way to recognize and support the ongoing | 0024| contributions of these treasures to the state is to create | 0025| "landmark schools"; and | 0001| WHEREAS, the legislature proposes to authorize the | 0002| creation of "landmark schools" as evidence of their significant | 0003| cultural and historical contributions to the state; and | 0004| WHEREAS, landmark schools could develop enrichment | 0005| programs, including leadership development programs, to help | 0006| produce future tribal and state leadership and to assure | 0007| quality interaction between state and tribal officials to | 0008| address and resolve issues of mutual concern; and | 0009| WHEREAS, landmark school programs could include community- | 0010| based programs defining issues essential to the quality of life | 0011| on Indian reservations and pueblos, incorporating these issues | 0012| into science, math and technology curricula and further | 0013| developing native arts programs to teach both traditional and | 0014| contemporary art, thus assuring the continued development of | 0015| talented artists who can contribute to New Mexico's art-based | 0016| culture; and | 0017| WHEREAS, landmark schools could also provide language | 0018| instructional programs recognizing that native language is | 0019| essential to tribal, cultural and religious traditions; and | 0020| WHEREAS, landmark schools would support and enhance the | 0021| intergovernmental relationship between the state and tribal | 0022| governments, but implementation of landmark schools requires | 0023| that certain issues be identified and studied; and | 0024| WHEREAS, some of these issues include state and federal | 0025| funding issues; issues involving the relationships between a | 0001| landmark school and the local school district in which it is | 0002| located, the state board of education and local school | 0003| districts from which the resident students come; issues | 0004| involving academic standards to be maintained; and issues | 0005| involving the governing structure of a landmark school; | 0006| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0007| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it request the state department of | 0008| public education, the attorney general and the New Mexico | 0009| office of Indian affairs, in cooperation with any potential | 0010| landmark school, to work together to study the identified | 0011| issues and any other issues involved in the establishment of a | 0012| landmark school; and | 0013| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these entities report to the | 0014| legislative education study committee and any other appropriate | 0015| interim committee on their recommendations regarding landmark | 0016| schools before the second session of the forty-third | 0017| legislature; and | 0018| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0019| transmitted to the director of the legislative education study | 0020| committee staff, the superintendent of public instruction, the | 0021| attorney general and the director of the New Mexico office of | 0022| Indian affairs. | 0023|  | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0003| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| March 15, 1997 | 0007| | 0008| Mr. President: | 0009| | 0010| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0011| | 0012| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 49 | 0013| | 0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0015| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0016| | 0017| Respectfully submitted, | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| __________________________________ | 0023| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0003| Adopted_______________________ | 0004| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Date ________________________ | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0012| Yes: 6 | 0013| No: 0 | 0014| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Gorham, Rawson | 0015| Absent: None | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| SJ049ED1 | 0019| State of New Mexico | 0020| House of Representatives | 0021| | 0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| March 21, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Mr. Speaker: | 0005| | 0006| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0007| | 0008| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 49 | 0009| | 0010| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0011| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0012| | 0013| Respectfully submitted, | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| Adopted Not Adopted | 0022| | 0023| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0024| | 0025| Date | 0001| | 0002| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0003| Yes: 9 | 0004| Excused: Nicely, Trujillo, S.M. Williams, W.C. Williams | 0005| Absent: None | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\SJ049 |