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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 21. State and Private Education Institutions § 21-7-9.1. Purpose of Spanish resource center

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

Pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the ministry of education and science of Spain and the university of New Mexico providing for the establishment of a Spanish resource center in New Mexico, the center for southwest research will:

A. receive from the ministry of education and science of Spain:

(1) approximately two thousand volumes of Spanish language children's literature representative of the best materials published;

(2) a methodological and pedagogical collection of scholarly Spanish language works, including essays, university studies and special publications;

(3) approximately one thousand volumes of Spanish language classical and contemporary literature;

(4) a significant collection of Spanish language educational, technical and instructional materials;

(5) more than four thousand hours of recorded Spanish language audio and audiovisual materials; and

(6) an important library of current and classical Spanish language movies;

B. make the items received from the ministry of education and science of Spain available to scholars, teachers, university students, bilingual coordinators, administrators and others researching or interested in Hispanic language and culture;

C. organize, coordinate with the state department of public education and sponsor with the ministry of education and science of Spain various workshops, seminars and other educational and training events for bilingual teachers that focus on:

(1) Spanish language;

(2) bilingual and other language instruction methodologies;

(3) Spanish language classroom resources; and

(4) specific topics related to Hispanic history, arts and culture;

D. support, through pilot projects, research related to bilingualism and teaching Spanish as a foreign language;

E. provide exhibitions and showings of the materials in the Spanish resource center's Spanish language collections; and

F. promote statewide cultural activities related to the collections and activities of the Spanish resource center.

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