New Mexico has finally released a comprehensive draft plan for K-12 students which has been long awaited. The plan consists of a 55 page document which is meant to address a 2018 court ruling that deemed the state’s K-12 education system inadequate for Native American students, English-language learners, kids with disabilities and low-income students who make up the majority of New Mexico’s public school population. The new draft plan includes targets for improvement like moving proficiency rate amongst four students groups which are central to lawsuit from 2019 levels by 50 percent in math and reading by the 2025-26 school year. The draft also suggests increasing the graduation rate by 15% among all groups.
