Section 22-13-3.5 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

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.