HJM 63
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A JOINT MEMORIAL
REQUESTING HISPANIC PARTICIPATION ON STATE EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
COMMITTEES AND REQUESTING POLICY SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THE
EDUCATION OF HISPANIC STUDENTS.
WHEREAS, the public school system of New Mexico is over
fifty-three percent Hispanic; and
WHEREAS, the achievement gap of Hispanic students
continues at an unacceptably high rate; and
WHEREAS, college attendance rates are low, resulting
from the inadequate preparation of Hispanics at the pre-
kindergarten through grade twelve level; and
WHEREAS, this poor educational profile has implications
for the economic future of the state; and
WHEREAS, it is clear that barriers to the educational
success of Hispanic students continue to exist;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the public education department and
the higher education department be encouraged to include
ENLACE New Mexico representatives on their committees to
ensure that the educational issues of Hispanic students are
being considered; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that ENLACE New Mexico, Somos un
Pueblo Unido and El Centro de la Raza work during the interim
to make recommendations to the legislative education study