Lawsuit over school spending can continue, judge says | AP News
Jun 20, 2017 · First Judicial District Court Chief Judge Sarah Singleton, who is currently presiding over two closely watched lawsuits involving education funding and gubernatorial vetoes, has announced that she’ll retire at the end of August but will continue to preside over select cases and hear minor issues pro bono for several months until her replacement is ...read more
Sarah M. Singleton - Ballotpedia
Dec 14, 2017 · In a 65-page ruling handed down Thursday afternoon, state District ruled that the governor violated no constitutional provisions in limiting the access of SFR to her administration. Susana Martinez' staff, however, did break the law three times in its tardy or non-existent responses to public records requests. ...read more
New Mexico ordered to pay $117K in legal expenses in education
Jul 5, 2019 · SANTA FE – Sarah Singleton – a hard-working judge who issued landmark rulings on same-sex marriage, gubernatorial vetoes and New Mexico’s education system – died Thursday. She was 70. ...read more
Four years into court-mandated education reform, lawmakers look
Aug 28, 2015 · said the girl had been left physically scarred and "deeply traumatised". She said the youngster had been born in Luton, and had also lived in Yorkshire. ...read more
What is “Yazzie vs. The State of New Mexico” and Why
Aug 28, 2015 · said the girl had been left physically scarred and "deeply traumatised". She said the youngster had been born in Luton, and had also lived in Yorkshire. ...read more
Judge presiding over two significant cases
Jun 29, 2020 · The 2018 verdict by the late ordered the state to fix funding and inequality issues by April 2019. Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, supported the lawsuit during her gubernatorial campaign and dropped an appeal of the lawsuit that was mounted by Martinez’s administration when she took office. ...read more
Tribal early education proposal to be heard today
Jun 30, 2020 · In 2018, the late state district issued a landmark ruling that said New Mexico was not doing enough to ensure adequate education for “at risk” students, such as English language learners and Native American students who may face geographical and socioeconomic challenges to getting an education. ...read more
Attorneys in education lawsuit seek $450K in fees from New Mexico
May 3, 2019 · A state judge on Thursday ordered the state to pay nearly $117,000 in reimbursement for legal expenses to one group of plaintiffs in a landmark lawsuit accusing New Mexico officials of failing to provide an equal education to all public school students. First Judicial District ruled last summer in the case, Yazzie ...read more
Retired District Court Judge Sarah Singleton Has Died
May 22, 2017 · Judge Sarah Singleton’s decision sets the stage for a two-month trial this summer that could forever change the way schools are funded by state government. But Singleton also said the Center on Law and Poverty must do more than point to abysmal test scores to prove the state is violating the state constitution when it comes to allocating ...read more
Judge denies PED motion to dismiss Yazzie/Martinez suit
Judge Sarah M. Singleton, of New Mexico's First Judicial Circuit, did not order a specific remedy. Instead, Singleton ordered public officials to "take steps to ensure the state’s schools receive the resources they need to provide students with an education that will prepare them for college and career" by April 15, 2019. ...read more
Fostered girl faced years of abuse, family court judge rules
Jan 13, 2023 · As former governor of Tesuque Pueblo and current chairman of the All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG), I am forever grateful to the late for ruling in Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico that Native American students have a constitutional right to a culturally and linguistically relevant education.. ...read more
Judge known for fairness, called a ‘force of nature’
Apr 9, 2019 · In late March, roughly three months after state District Judge Sarah Singleton of Santa Fe ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in the Yazzie-Martinez v. State of New Mexico case, attorneys for both plaintiffs submitted line-item expense accounts — $118,006 for lead plaintiff Wilhelmina Yazzie; $331,418 for Louise Martinez — for reimbursement. ...read more
Sanchez-Gagne leads Martinez appointee for First Judicial District judge
Feb 6, 2023 · Four years after the late District Court found those failures to violate the New Mexico Constitution, the state has tried to meet the Yazzie-Martinez judgment by increasing funding for school districts that are most impacted, raising teacher salaries to recruit quality educators and other initiatives. ...read more
Judge presiding over two significant cases announces retirement
Sep 12, 2022 · That’s the message state lawmakers got from education leaders providing updates on the Yazzie-Martinez lawsuit that mandates reform in public schools across New Mexico. It’s been four years since Judge Sarah Singleton ruled the state has failed to provide adequate education to students who are English-language learners, Indigenous, ...read more
A Tribal Education Trust Fund guarantees a fundamental right
Jun 6, 2018 · She would fill the seat vacated by the recent retirement of former District Judge Sarah Singleton. Sanchez-Gagne — a former assistant attorney general and former assistant district attorney — emphasized her Santa Fe roots and that she’s bilingual and a woman of color, saying the judicial bench should reflect the diversity of the community. ...read more
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