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AN ACT

RELATING TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS; CREATING A READING

MATERIALS FUND TO BE USED TO PURCHASE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH-

BASED READING MATERIALS FOR CERTAIN READING PROGRAMS.

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

Section 1. A new section of the Instructional Material

Law is enacted to read:

"READING MATERIALS FUND--CREATED--PURPOSE--

APPLICATIONS.--

A. The "reading materials fund" is created in the

state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts,

grants and donations. Money in the fund shall not revert to

any other fund at the end of a fiscal year. The fund shall be

administered by the department, and money in the fund is

appropriated to the department to assist public schools that

want to change their reading programs from the current

adoption. Money in the fund shall be disbursed on warrant of

the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to

vouchers signed by the secretary of public education or the

secretary's authorized representative.

B. A school district that wants to use a

scientific research-based core comprehensive, intervention or

supplementary reading program may apply to the department for

money from the reading materials fund to purchase the

necessary instructional materials for the selected program. A

school district may apply for funding for its reading program

if:

(1) core and supplemental materials are

highly rated by either the Oregon reading first center or the

Florida center for reading research or the materials are

listed in the international dyslexia association's framework

for informed reading and language instruction;

(2) the district selects no more than two

comprehensive published core reading programs; and

(3) the district has established a

professional development plan describing how it will provide

teachers with professional development and ongoing support in

the effective use of the selected instructional materials."

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