New Mexico

State Education Agency Information

New Mexico Public Education Department

ADDRESS
Jerry Apodaca Education Building
300 Don Gaspar
Santa Fe, NM 87501
PHONE
(505) 827-5800

State NIMAS/NIMAC Coordinator

Sandra Schwarz, Education Administrator

ADDRESS
New Mexico Public Education Department
Special Education Bureau
120 South Federal Place, Room 206
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
PHONE
(505) 827-1460
EMAIL
Sandra [dot] Schwarz [at] state [dot] nm [dot] us

AIM and NIMAS Web Site Resources at State Education Agency

The New Mexico DOE provides a very small amount of NIMAS/NIMAC information in its Q&A for Publishers document (PDF): Opens new windowhttp://www.ped.state.nm.us/InstructionalMaterial/dl08/PublisherQA.pdf

Guidance is also provided for directors of Special Education programs in a memo (PDF): Opens new windowhttp://www.ped.state.nm.us/SEB/law/NIMAS_NIMAC%20Instructional%20Materials%20Guidance.pdf

Instructional Materials Acquisition (adoption or open territory)

New Mexico is a textbook adoption state.

SEA Policies and Practices

SEA adopts NIMAS?
Yes
SEA coordinates with the NIMAC?
Yes
LEAs coordinate with the NIMAC?
?

NIMAC Authorized User(s)

No information has been provided regarding the SEA's authorized users.

Selected Accessible Media Producers (AMPs)

No information has been provided regarding the SEA's accessible media producers.

State Definition of Timely Manner for the Delivery of AIM to Students

No information has been provided regarding the SEA's definition of "timely manner."

AIM-Related State Laws and Regulations

There is a short post regarding the state's instrucional materials law at a Opens new windowStatutes and Rules page. 

Parent Information & Advocacy Resources

No information has been provided regarding the SEA's parent information and advocacy resources.

SEA Web Links


Last Updated: 05/14/2012