Board adopts updated Indian policies and procedures after staff presentation

The Jemez Valley Public Schools board approved updated Indian policies and procedures after a presentation from Julie Melina, identified in the transcript as the district's Indian education coordinator. Melina told the board the document was unchanged except for two edits: removing "San Diego Riverside" from the document and amending a line to state the district "will hold one annual board meeting in the month of November," a change recommended by Jonathan Pino of the district advisory council and a representative of the PIA education department.

Melina told the board she had followed the district's preferred methods to notify tribal leadership and the education department and asked for feedback. She reported that the governor's office, via Administrative Assistant Lynn, had reviewed the policy and indicated support; she also said some tribal leadership responses were still pending and the district would include current preferred methods of communication once those were received. A board member then moved to approve the policy; the motion was seconded and recorded as approved by voice vote (numerical vote tallies were not provided in the transcript).