SB 482 proposes State-Tribal Education Compacts

Senator Benny Shendo, D-Jemez Pueblo, is sponsoring SB 482, which authorizes state-tribal education compacts.  Such compacts – formal agreements between the NM Public Education Department and a New Mexico Tribe, Nation or Pueblo – would allow a Tribe to operate a...

Come to the Roundhouse on American Indian Day!

Friday, February 3, is American Indian Day at the New Mexico State Legislature, and there’s lots going on! In the House Education Committee, funding for the Tribal Education Trust Fund is at stake. The Committee will hear House Bill 149, which provides a dedicated...