HB 52 — BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL ED ADVISORY COUNCIL

HOUSEAN BILLACT 52RELATING 55THTO LEGISLATUREPUBLIC -EDUCATION; STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2021 INTRODUCED BY Natalie Figueroa This document may incorporate amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

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h g o t hr g e i k h r i s FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE h , t, e u g e b l AN ACT e e h n d d i = = o h RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION;

CREATING THE BILINGUAL l ] b ,d i a º e MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL;

r i = r t e w d DEFINING "BILINGUAL LEARNER" IN THE BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL mEDUCATION aACT. n o d m :

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

"[NEW"BILINGUAL MATERIAL ] BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL--CREATED--MEMBERSHIP--DUTIES.-- A.

The "bilingual multicultural education advisory council" is created and shall advise the secretary HECºand ,»HEC HECº and»HEC department staff HECºand the governor»HEC on the effective implementation of the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act and the support of all bilingual multicultural education students, including bilingual learners and English language learners, to have equitable access to instruction and learning as required by state and federal education and civil rights laws.

The secretary and department staff shall provide biannual reports to the council regarding progress on yearly h g advisements.

o t hr B.

The bilingual multicultural education advisory g e i k council consists of fifteen members who have technical h r i s h knowledge of and expertise in bilingual multicultural education , t, e u g and teaching English to English language learners HB 52/a Page 1 as follows:

e b l e e h (1) HECºfive three»HEC HECºfive»HEC members n d d i = = o h appointed or designated by the Indian nations, tribes and l ] b ,d i a º e r i = r pueblos HECºtheyto represent»HEC HECºto include one member each tfrom ethe wNavajo dNation, mthe aMescalero nApache oTribe, from the NavajoJicarilla Apache Nation, the Mescalerosouthern Apachepueblos Tribe,and the dnorthern mpueblos; :

b(2) eeight dmembers swho ºrepresent opre- tkindergarten nthrough =twelfth .218361.4AICgrade Februaryteachers, 4,principals, 2021superintendents, (10:12am)other seducation kadministrators mand ehigher -education 2faculty -who eare afrom ndifferent egeographical dareas rof ethe lstate uand [at Aleast done Jicarillaof Apachewhom Nation,has thea southernspecial puebloseducation andbackground; the northern pueblos»HEC ;

(2) HECºnine»HEC HECºeight»HEC members who represent pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade teachers, principals, superintendents, other education administrators and higher(3) educationtwo facultyparents whowhose students are fromenrolled differentin geographicalbilingual areasmulticultural of the state and at least one of whom has a special education background;programs.

and (3) HECº three»HEC HECºtwo»HEC parents HECºof bilingual students, including one parent of an American Indian student and one parent of a Hispanic student,»HEC whose students are enrolled in bilingual multicultural education programs.

The department shall appoint HECºthe the»HEC council members HECºnotednoted in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of Subsection B of this section»HECsection from a list generated and h approved by both the department and the HECºexistingexisting ad ghoc o t hr hoc»HEC bilingual multicultural education advisory council co-co-chairs g e i k chairs that is representative of various stakeholder groups.

h r i s D.

The bilingual multicultural education advisory h , t, e u g council shall elect two members to serve as co-chairs of the e b l e e h council.

The co-chairs shall assist with the selection of new n d d i = = o h members for the council.

l ] b ,d i a º e r i = r E.

HECºMembers»HECNew HECºNewmembers members»HEC of the t e w d m a n o council shall begin to serve HB 52/a Page 2 their appointments on July 1, 2021 dfor ma :term of three years.

bMembers ewho dare scurrently ºserving otheir tappointments nprior =to .218361.4AICthe Februaryeffective 4,date 2021of (10:12am)this s2021 kact mshall econtinue -to 3serve -through ethe aremainder n e d r e l u [ A d for a term of threetheir years.appointed term.

HECºMembers who are currently serving their appointments prior to the effective date of this act shall continue to serve through the remainder of their appointed term.»HEC All council members may serve two consecutive terms, and co-chairs may serve one additional year to assist with transition.

h (b) promote rigorous culturally and u » r linguistically responsive instruction in bilingual t h g e l i multicultural education programs;

h r i s (c) support effective classroom teaching h , e h for participating bilingual multicultural education program t u g e b l e e , gh students, including bilingual learners and English language n d d i = = o h learners who may or may not be part of standalone federal l ] b ,d i a º r language acquisition programs;

e(d) rrecruit, =develop tand etrain wHB d52/a mPage a3 neffective obilingual (d)multicultural recruit,education developteachers and trainteachers effectiveof dbilingual mlearners :and English language learners;

b r e t º o t n = .218361.4AIC February 4, 2021 (10:12am) s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d bilingual multicultural education teachers and teachers of bilingual learners and English language learners;

h (g) develop solutions for streamlining u » r and strengthening program management, implementation and t h g e l i monitoring of bilingual multicultural education programs at the h r i s state, district and school site levels;

h , e h (h) develop family and community t u g e b l e e , gh partnerships representative of the languages and cultures of n d d i = = o h all students in the bilingual multicultural education program, l ] b ,d i a º r to assist and advise in the development, implementation and e r = t e w d m a n o evaluation of the program;

and dHB m52/a :Page 4 (i) support bilingual learners and English language learners to achieve programmatic goals, including academic achievement in two languages and bilingual biliteracy growth as demonstrated and measured by language and literacy assessments in English and the home or heritage language, and with regard to tribal languages, language- appropriate programmatic goals with progress determined in accordance with tribal priorities and sovereignty.

b r e t º o t n = .218361.4AIC February 4, 2021 (10:12am) s k m e - 5 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d (i) support bilingual learners and English language learners to achieve programmatic goals, including academic achievement in two languages and bilingual biliteracy growth as demonstrated and measured by language and literacy assessments in English and the home or heritage language, and with regard to tribal languages, language- appropriate programmatic goals with progress determined in accordance with tribal priorities and sovereignty.

"bilingual learner" means a student whose h bilingualism is emerging through the development of English and g o t hr a language other than English;

g e i k [A.] B.

"bilingual multicultural education program" h r i s means a program using two languages, including English and the h , t, home or heritage language, as a medium of instruction in the e u g e b l e e h teaching and learning process;

n d d i = = o h [B.] C.

"culturally and linguistically different" l ] b ,d i a º e means students who are of a different cultural background than rmainstream iUnited =States rculture tand ewhose whome dor mheritage aHB n52/a oPage mainstream5 Unitedlanguage, Statesinherited culturefrom andthe whosestudent's homefamily, tribe or heritagecountry dof morigin, :is a language other than English;

bD. e d s º o t n = .218361.4AIC February 4, 2021 (10:12am) s k m e - 6 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d language, inherited from the student's family, tribe or country of origin, is a language other than English;

[C.] D.

[D.] E.