Hi Mark,
I know I've mentioned this before, but New Mexico is in the process of radically changing its gifted legislation (big step backwards) by removing it from the special education umbrella. Districts will be required to identify gifted students and provide "gifted programs" but there will not be add-on funding (we know what this means!). Currently House Bill 241 has no individualized plan requirement, so the programs offered could be inclusion, enrichment, or whatever--left up to the districts' discretion.
There are a series of legislative committee sessions going on this fall to get input from the community about the bill and a specific inquiry about how it will affect gifted children (comments are due Aug 29th). The NM Association for the Gifted is rallying advocacy (see
www.nmgifted.org).
