IE Act & Rules

Indian Education Act

Enacted in 2003, amended in 2007 and 2019

• NM Indian Education Act
  • Indian Education Act (IEA) 22-23 A-2 through 22-23A-11
  • New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 12 / June 23, 2020: Implementing the Indian Education Act (PDF)

Ensure:

• Equitable, culturally relevant learning environment for Indian students
• Maintenance of Native languages
• Partnerships to increase tribal involvement and control over schools
• Tribes notified of curricula development for approval/support
• Collaboration among relevant orgs to improve educational opportunities for Indian
  students

Encourage:

• Agreement re: alignment of Bureau of Indian affairs and state assessment programs
• Cooperation among Navajo tribes across AZ, UT, NM
• Parental involvement

Provide for:

• Development of systems that positively affect academic success of Indian students
• A formal government to government relationship between NM and NM tribes (including Indian
  Education Division)
• Means for a relationship between state and urban Indian communities