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Judge Orders New Mexico to Expedite Delivery of School Tech After a lawsuit alleged the state of New Mexico failed to provide necessary devices and connectivity for students to participate in remote learning, a judge has ordered the state to assess the cost and get it done. May 19, 2021 • David Kidd/Governing (TNS) Less than three weeks ago, a judge ordered New Mexico to provide computers and high-speed Internet to at-risk students for remote learning. On Tuesday, he issued another mandate. Hurry it up, he said. First Judicial District Judge Matthew J. Wilson ruled the state must immediately determine which public education students and teachers do not have digital devices and then get them some. ....
By New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty • 3 hours ago SANTA FE First Judicial District Court Judge Matthew Wilson ordered the state to provide computers and high-speed internet access to the thousands of “at-risk” students who lack these necessary tools to access remote learning now and post pandemic. The ruling came during a hearing in the landmark Yazzie/Martinez education case on a Yazzie plaintiff motion addressing technology gaps among the state’s students. At the hearing, Judge Wilson said, “The court ruled that defendants must comply with their duty to provide an adequate education and may not conserve financial resources at the expense of our constitution.” ....
By Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican | February 10, 2021 Despite investments of hundreds of millions of dollars, access to broadband services has remained out of reach for many New Mexicans in rural and impoverished areas. And the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated that problem, especially when it comes to public school students trying to learn remotely. That’s the message members of the House Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements Committee heard from a number of lawmakers, experts and members of the public during a Tuesday hearing on the issue. “We don’t need to talk about the need, we need to talk about the how how are we going to do this?” said Rep. Natalie Figueroa, D-Albuquerque. ....
All schools in New Mexico will remain closed through the remainder of the academic year. The plaintiffs in a lawsuit over educational resources in New Mexico filed a request with the First Judicial District Court on Wednesday to order the state to provide computers and high-speed internet access to thousands of at risk students who lack tools for remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 23 percent of the New Mexico population lacks broadband internet service, according to the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty (NMCLP). The nonprofit, which is providing legal counsel to the plaintiffs of the Yazzie-Martinez lawsuit, estimated that 80 percent of Native Americans living on tribal lands do not have internet services at all. ....
The plaintiffs in the landmark Yazzie/Martinez education funding lawsuit are asking a district court to order state public and charter schools to provide at-risk students computers and adequate internet access as they deal with the coronavirus pandemic. The expedited motion, filed Tuesday in First Judicial District Court, claims the state has failed to provide those children â especially in rural districts and those serving predominantly Native American students â with the tools necessary for remote learning. It stated schoolsâ failure to provide the necessary technology âhas caused and continues to cause them to be denied a sufficient education required by the State Constitution and ordered by this Court.â ....