Letter to the Education Department New Mexico Public Education Department — Maintenance of Equity (May 24, 2023)
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A letter dated May 24, 2023 from the U.S. Department of Education to Secretary Arsenio Romero of the New Mexico Public Education Department. It recognizes New Mexico's ongoing commitment to the maintenance of equity requirements under section 2004(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and its early work to implement them. The letter credits cooperative efforts involving Governor Lujan Grisham, appropriators in the legislature, and State educational agency staff. It looks forward to implementing the second year of the requirements in fiscal year 2023.
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“Letter to the Education Department New Mexico Public Education Department — Maintenance of Equity (May 24, 2023).”
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
May 24, 2023
The Honorable Arsenio Romero
Secretary of the Public Education Department
New Mexico Public Education Department
300 Don Gaspar Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Dear Secretary Romero,
I am writing to recognize New Mexico’s ongoing commitment to the maintenance of equity
requirements under section 2004(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP). Knowing
the numerous, competing priorities facing States, State educational agencies, and local
educational agencies, New Mexico’s early work to implement these new, critically important
resource equity requirements is appreciated. We note that New Mexico’s action is a result of
cooperative efforts involving Governor Lujan Grisham, appropriators in your legislature, and
State educational agency leadership and staff.
ARP maintenance of equity requirements help ensure that State and local education funding
supports students who experienced longstanding opportunity gaps before, and were
disproportionately impacted by, the COVID-19 pandemic. In implementing these provisions
through a mix of data quality efforts, engagement with Department-provided technical
assistance, and maintenance of State education funding for the communities and students who
need it most, New Mexico is taking critical steps to accelerate academic recovery and close
opportunity and achievement gaps.
My team looks forward to continuing our work with yours in implementing the second year of
maintenance of equity requirements in fiscal year 2023. Thank you for your collaboration, and
all you do for New Mexico’s students, educators, and families.
Sincerely,
James F. Lane, Ed. D.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Delegated the Authority to Perform the
Functions and Duties of the Assistant Secretary
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
CC: The Honorable Michelle Lujan Grisham
Governor of New Mexico
490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Room 400
Santa Fe, NM 87501
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