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Committee advances memorial to study public education governance amid Martinez/Yazzie concerns
Summary
House Memorial 30, which requests a study by the Legislative Education Study Committee to assess governance, roles and statutory barriers across early childhood, K–12 and higher education, received a do-pass recommendation; witnesses urged inclusive stakeholder representation and measurable guardrails tied to Martinez/Yazzie remedies.
Sponsor introduced House Memorial 30 as a request for a study of public education governance, describing the memorial's goal as convening a broad working group—including tribes, the Public Education Department, early childhood and higher-education representatives—to review statutes, assess roles and responsibilities, and recommend how to improve system coherence and long-term planning. The sponsor said the memorial would help align investments and reduce overlapping responsibilities.
Jessica Hathaway, deputy director of the Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC), framed the memorial as a tool to map the system and translate those maps…
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