§ 22-15G-3 NMSA 1978

Instructional materials used in public schools for literacy or reading instruction for kindergarten through third grade shall be high-quality instructional materials. Materials used for intervention, supplemental instruction, initiatives, services or programs for literacy or reading proficiency for kindergarten through twelfth grade shall be culturally and linguistically relevant, consistent with the science of reading and structured literacy and shall not include use of the three-cueing model; provided that instructional materials for English language learners and other students in bilingual or dual language programs or similar settings shall support literacy and biliteracy development in English and home or other languages, if otherwise appropriate.