Section 22-13-3.5 - Definitions.
22-13-3.5. Definitions.
As used in the Literacy For Children At Risk Act [22-13-3.3 NMSA 1978]:
A. "child at risk" means a child who attends public school in New Mexico and whose reading, writing or math literacy level, as determined by his school district, falls in the forty-ninth percentile or lower; and
B. "department" means the state department of public education.