Structured Literacy New Mexico (Laws 2019, Chapter 256)
How schools fund reading intervention in New Mexico
How schools fund reading intervention in New Mexico
How schools fund reading intervention in New Mexico
The state-level programs below are the streams New Mexico districts most often use for evidence-based reading intervention purchases, alongside the federal streams available everywhere.
Structured literacy supports through the State Equalization Guarantee (SEG)
From FY21-FY24 the Legislature distributed $8 million per year in SEG funding specifically for districts and charters to provide evidence-based structured literacy interventions; in FY25 this was folded into a flexible $59 million SEG allocation that districts may direct to structured literacy supports, including intervention materials and interventionists.
FY26 early literacy and reading support appropriation (HB2)
The FY26 public school support budget includes $14 million in recurring funding for early literacy and reading support, alongside $30 million for structured literacy implementation through the state’s Structured Literacy Institute.
Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) subgrants
NMPED administers federal CLSD funds as subgrants to districts; awardees have used them to fund reading interventionists, coaches, and evidence-based interventions in Layer 1 and Layer 2 (Tier 1/Tier 2) instruction.
Approved-list note: New Mexico maintains a state-adopted instructional materials list (the Adopted Multiple List, reviewed through the HQIM process), including a 2021 adoption of supplemental structured literacy materials, so districts spending state instructional materials funds should check whether an intervention program is on or aligned to the adopted list.
