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NMANS __// Conference Registration Extended to October 22, 2013 - navigate to conference page on this site //__ P.O. BOX 95726 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. 87199-5726

//NMANS is a nonprofit organization founded in 1975 for the following purposes://
 * To promote and defend the right of diversity in education to correspond with our nation's heritage of pluralism, to the end that the welfare, spirit, and moral character of the whole society are enhanced in the process.
 * To assist all parents in their efforts to maintain the right to exercise a free choice among schools for other children.
 * To provide a framework of communication and cooperation among the different types and groups of nonpublic schools, between nonpublic schools and their public school counterparts, and between nonpublic schools and the State Department of Education and other state and federal agencies.
 * To encourage a broad public commitment to excellence in education.
 * To foster recognition of the fact that nonpublic and public schools share in carrying out the educational responsibility of the state.
 * To encourage the maintenance of standards appropriate to the purpose of each institution so that the public interest is well served by the nonpublic schools.
 * To promote sound management of the educational investment, whether from private or public resources, and to seek the optimal utilization of all the acceptable existing and potential educational resources of the state.


 * NMANS Mission Statement**

The mission of NMANS is to be the advocate for all children attending nonpublic schools in New Mexico. Its purpose is to assure that these students receive the benefits of diversity, free choice, and excellence in education through collaboration and communication.