Tribal Education Status Report Guidebook 2020-2021

Overview & Synopsis

The purpose of this guidebook is to provide guidance to school districts in completing their local Tribal Education Status Report (TESR). Any data that is reported in the local TESRs has to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) which is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. For this purpose, the Public Education Department requires any data about students has to follow masking rules. Any data that reports less than ten students has to mask that data by indicating <10 or an asterisk * and explanation that results were less than ten students. Additionally, this manual will provide templates to support school districts in the development of their local plans. The Indian Education Division (IED) will use the district reports to inform the development of an annual statewide tribal education status report which will be disseminated no later than November 15 to all New Mexico tribes. This guidebook will provide support to district staff that may be responsible for developing the local TESR, which includes but is not limited to: 1) Federal Program Directors; (2) Indian Education Directors; (3) Charter School Directors; (4) Business Managers; and (5) STARS Coordinators. [For the 2019-2020 Guidebook, see ED609281.]