45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR READING PROFICIENCY BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Public School Code is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] STUDENT READING REQUIREMENT.--A student who fails to read independently by the end of the third grade shall not be promoted to the fourth grade until the student reads independently."

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