Instructional Material

NMSA 1978 ch. 22, art. 15

in effect

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-1 Short title

22-15-1. Short title Sections 22-15-1 through 22-15-14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Instructional Material Law". 1953 Comp., § 77-13-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 205; 1975, ch. 270, § 1; 2005, ch. 80, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-2 Definitions

22-15-2. Definitions As used in the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978]: A. "division" or "bureau" means the instructional material bureau of the department; B. "director" or "chief" means the chief of the bureau; C. "instructional material" means school textbooks and other educational media that are used as the basis for instruction, including combinations of textbooks, learning kits, supplementary material and electronic media; D. "multiple list" means a written list of those instructional materials approved by the department; E. "membership" means the total enrollment of qualified students on the fortieth day of the school year entitled to the free use of instructional material pursuant to the Instructional Material Law; F. "additional pupil" means a pupil in a school district's, state institution's or private school's current year's certified forty-day membership above the number certified in the school district's, state institution's or private school's prior year's forty-day membership; G. "school district" includes state-chartered charter schools; and H. "other classroom materials" means materials other than textbooks that are used to support direct instruction to students. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 206; 1975, ch. 270, § 2; 1993, ch. 226, § 35; 2005, ch. 80, § 2; 2006, ch. 94, § 47; 2007, ch. 285, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-3 Bureau; chief

22-15-3. Bureau; chief A. The "instructional material bureau" is created within the department of education [public education department]. B. With approval of the state board [department], the state superintendent [secretary] shall appoint a chief of the bureau. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-3, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 207; 1975, ch. 270, § 3; 1993, ch. 226, § 36.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-4 Bureau; duties

22-15-4. Bureau; duties Subject to the policies and rules of the department, the bureau shall: A. administer the provisions of the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978]; B. enforce rules for the handling, safekeeping and distribution of instructional material and instructional material funds and for inventory and accounting procedures to be followed by school districts, state institutions and private schools pursuant to the Instructional Material Law; C. withdraw or withhold the privilege of participating in the free use of instructional material in case of any violation of or noncompliance with the provisions of the Instructional Material Law or any rules adopted pursuant to that law; D. enforce rules relating to the use and operation of instructional material depositories in the instructional material distribution process; and E. enforce rules that require local school boards to implement a process that ensures that parents and other community members are involved in the instructional material review process. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-4, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 208; 1975, ch. 270, § 4; 1993, ch. 226, § 37; 1997, ch. 100, § 1; 2005, ch. 80, § 3; 2009, ch. 221, § 3.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-5 Instructional material fund

22-15-5. Instructional material fund A. The state treasurer shall establish a nonreverting fund to be known as the "instructional material fund". The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and any other money credited to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the department, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978]. B. The instructional material fund shall be used for the purpose of paying for the cost of purchasing instructional material pursuant to the Instructional Material Law. Transportation charges for the delivery of instructional material to a school district, a state institution or a private school as agent and emergency expenses incurred in providing instructional material to students may be included as a cost of purchasing instructional material. Charges for rebinding of used instructional material that appears on the multiple list pursuant to Section 22-15-8 NMSA 1978 may also be included as a cost of purchasing instructional material. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-5, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 209; 1975, ch. 270, § 5; 1992, ch. 76, § 1; 1997, ch. 100, § 2; 2009, ch. 221, § 4.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-6 Disbursements from the instructional material fund

22-15-6. Disbursements from the instructional material fund Disbursements from the instructional material fund shall be by warrant of the department of finance and administration upon vouchers issued by the department of education [public education department]. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-6, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 210; 1975, ch. 270, § 6; 1993, ch. 226, § 38.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-7 Students eligible; distribution

22-15-7. Students eligible; distribution A. Any qualified student or person eligible to become a qualified student attending a public school, a state institution or a private school approved by the department in any grade from first through the twelfth grade of instruction is entitled to the free use of instructional material. Any student enrolled in an early childhood education program as defined by Section 22-13-3 NMSA 1978 or person eligible to become an early childhood education student as defined by that section attending a private early childhood education program approved by the department is entitled to the free use of instructional material. B. Instructional material shall be distributed to school districts, state institutions and private schools as agents for the benefit of students entitled to the free use of the instructional material. C. Any school district, state institution or private school as agent receiving instructional material pursuant to the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978] is responsible for distribution of the instructional material for use by eligible students and for the safekeeping of the instructional material. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-7, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 211; 1975, ch. 270, § 7; 1977, ch. 99, § 1; 1993, ch. 226, § 39; 1997, ch. 100, § 3; 2003, ch. 394, § 5; 2009, ch. 221, § 5.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-8 Multiple list; selection; review process

22-15-8. Multiple list; selection; review process A. The department shall adopt a multiple list to be made available to students pursuant to the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978]. At least ten percent of instructional material on the multiple list concerning language arts and social studies shall contain material that is relevant to the cultures, languages, history and experiences of multi-ethnic students. The department shall ensure that parents and other community members are involved in the adoption process at the state level. B. Pursuant to the provisions of the Instructional Material Law, each school district, state institution or private school as agent may select instructional material for the use of its students from the multiple list adopted by the department. Local school boards shall give written notice to parents and other community members and shall invite parental involvement in the adoption process at the district level. Local school boards shall also give public notice, which notice may include publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district. C. The department shall establish by rule an instructional material review process for the adoption of instructional material on the multiple list. The process shall include: (1) a summer review institute at which basal materials in the content area under adoption will be facilitated by content and performance experts in the content area and reviewed by reviewers; (2) that level two and level three-A teachers are reviewers of record; provided that level one teachers, college students completing teacher preparation programs, parents and community leaders will be recruited and partnered with the reviewers of record; (3) that reviewed materials shall be scored and ranked primarily against how well they align with state academic content and performance standards, but research-based effectiveness may also be considered; and (4) the adoption of supplementary materials that are not reviewed. D. Participants in the summer review institute shall receive a stipend commensurate with the level of responsibility and participation as determined by department rule. E. The department shall charge a processing fee to vendors of instructional materials not to exceed the retail value of the instructional material submitted for adoption. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-8, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 212; 1975, ch. 270, § 8; 1986, ch. 33, § 31; 1993, ch. 226, § 40; 1997, ch. 100, § 4; 2003, ch. 146, § 1; 2005, ch. 80, § 4; 2009, ch. 221, § 6.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-8.1 Instructional material adoption fund

22-15-8.1. Instructional material adoption fund The "instructional material adoption fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of fees charged to publishers to review their instructional materials, income from investment of the fund, 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 pay expenses associated with adoption of instructional material for the multiple list. Laws 2005, ch. 80, § 5.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-8.2 Reading materials fund; created; purpose; applications

22-15-8.2. 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 elementary literacy materials 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 aligned with explicit, systematic, diagnostic, cumulative instruction in phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, syllable types, morphology, semantics and syntax may apply to the department for money from the reading materials fund to purchase the necessary instructional materials for the selected program; provided that the school district selects no more than two comprehensive published core reading programs and the school district has established a literacy professional development plan that includes a detailed framework for structured literacy training and ongoing support in the effective use of the selected instructional materials. Materials eligible for funding shall be: (1) core materials that are on the New Mexico kindergarten through eighth grade English language arts, Spanish language arts, English language development and world languages instructional materials adopted list and have received structured literacy recognition from the department; or (2) intervention or supplemental materials that are on the advisory list of instructional programming created by the Colorado department of education or meet the criteria of the New Mexico structured literacy instructional review rubric. Laws 2006, ch. 58, § 1; 2023, ch. 165, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-9 Distribution of funds for instructional material

22-15-9. Distribution of funds for instructional material A. On or before April 1 of each year, the department shall allocate to each school district, state institution or private school as agent not less than ninety percent of its estimated entitlement as determined from the estimated forty-day membership for the next school year. A school district's, state institution's or private school's entitlement is that portion of the total amount of the annual appropriation less a deduction for a reasonable reserve for emergency expenses that its forty-day membership bears to the forty-day membership of the entire state. For the purpose of this allocation, additional pupils shall be counted as six pupils. The allocation for adult basic education shall be based on a full-time equivalency obtained by multiplying the total previous year's enrollment by.25. The department shall transfer the amount of the allocation for adult basic education to the adult basic education fund. B. On or before January 15 of each year, the department shall recompute each entitlement using the forty-day membership for that year, except for adult basic education, and shall allocate the balance of the annual appropriation adjusting for any over- or under-estimation made in the first allocation. C. An amount not to exceed fifty percent of the allocations attributed to each school district or state institution may be used for instructional material not included on the multiple list provided for in Section 22-15-8 NMSA 1978, and up to twenty-five percent of this amount may be used for other classroom materials. The local superintendent may apply to the department for a waiver of the use of funds allocated for the purchase of instructional material either included or not included on the multiple list. If the waiver is granted, the school district shall not be required to submit a budget adjustment request to the department. Private schools may expend up to fifty percent of their instructional material funds for items that are not on the multiple list; provided that no funds shall be expended for religious, sectarian or nonsecular materials; and provided further that all instructional material purchases shall be through an in-state depository. D. The department shall establish procedures for the distribution of funds directly to school districts and state institutions. Prior to the final distribution of funds to any school district or charter school, the department shall verify that the local school board or governing body has adopted a policy that requires that every student have a textbook for each class that conforms to curriculum requirements and that allows students to take those textbooks home. E. The department shall provide payment to an in-state depository on behalf of a private school for instructional material. F. A school district or state institution that has funds remaining for the purchase of instructional material at the end of the fiscal year shall retain those funds for expenditure in subsequent years. Any balance remaining in an instructional material account of a private school at the end of the fiscal year shall remain available for reimbursement by the department for instructional material purchases in subsequent years. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-9, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 213; 1969, ch. 180, § 26; 1975, ch. 270, § 9; 1977, ch. 99, § 2; 1979, ch. 125, § 1; 1992, ch. 76, § 2; 1993, ch. 226, § 41; 1997, ch. 100, § 5; 1999, ch. 237, § 1; 2005, ch. 80, § 6; 2007, ch. 284, § 1.; 2007, ch. 285, § 2; 2009, ch. 221, § 7.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-10 Sale or loss or return of instructional material

22-15-10. Sale or loss or return of instructional material A. With the approval of the chief, instructional material acquired by a school district, state institution or private school pursuant to the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978] may be sold at a price determined by officials of the school district, state institution or private school. The selling price shall not exceed the cost of the instructional material to the state. B. A school district, state institution or private school may hold the parent or student responsible for the loss, damage or destruction of instructional material while the instructional material is in the possession of the student. A school district may withhold the grades, diploma and transcripts of the student responsible for damage or loss of instructional material until the parent or student has paid for the damage or loss. When a parent or student is unable to pay for damage or loss, the school district shall work with the parent or student to develop an alternative program in lieu of payment. Where a parent is determined to be indigent according to guidelines established by the department, the school district shall bear the cost. C. A school district or state institution that has funds remaining for the purchase of instructional material at the end of the fiscal year shall retain those funds for expenditure in subsequent years. D. All money collected by a private school for the sale, loss, damage or destruction of instructional material received pursuant to the Instructional Material Law shall be sent to the department. E. Upon order of the chief, a school district, state institution or private school shall transfer to the department or its designee instructional material, purchased with instructional material funds, that is in usable condition and for which there is no use expected by the respective schools. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-10, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 214; 1975, ch. 270, § 10; 1989, ch. 280, § 1; 1993, ch. 226, § 42; 1997, ch. 100, § 6; 2009, ch. 221, § 8.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-11 Record of instructional material

22-15-11. Record of instructional material Each school district, state institution or private school shall keep accurate records of all instructional material, including cost records, on forms and by procedures prescribed by the bureau. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-11, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 215; 1975, ch. 270, § 11; 1997, ch. 100, § 7; 2009, ch. 221, § 9.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-13 Contracts with publishers

22-15-13. Contracts with publishers A. The department may enter into a contract with a publisher or a publisher's authorized agent for the purchase and delivery of instructional material selected from the multiple list adopted by the department. B. Payment for instructional material purchased by the department shall be made only upon performance of the contract and the delivery and receipt of the instructional material. C. Each publisher or publisher's authorized agent contracting with the state for the sale of instructional material shall agree: (1) to file a copy of each item of instructional material to be furnished under the contract with the department with a certificate attached identifying it as an exact copy of the item of instructional material to be furnished under the contract; (2) that the instructional material furnished pursuant to the contract shall be of the same quality in regard to paper, binding, printing, illustrations, subject matter and authorship as the copy filed with the department; and (3) that if instructional material under the contract is sold elsewhere in the United States for a price less than that agreed upon in the contract with the state, the price to the state shall be reduced to the same amount. D. Each contract executed for the acquisition of instructional material shall include the right of the department to transcribe and reproduce instructional material in media appropriate for the use of students with visual impairment who are unable to use instructional material in conventional print and form. Publishers of adopted textbooks also shall be required to provide those materials to the department or its designated agent in an electronic format specified by the department that is readily translatable into Braille and also can be used for large print or speech access within a time period specified by the department. E. Beginning with instructional material for the 2013-2014 school year, publishers of instructional material on the multiple list shall be required to provide those materials in both written and electronic formats. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-13, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 217; 1975, ch. 270, § 13; 1993, ch. 156, § 6; 1993, ch. 226, § 44; 2011, ch. 114, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-14 Reports; budgets

22-15-14. Reports; budgets A. Annually, the department of education [public education department] shall submit a budget for the ensuing fiscal year to the department of finance and administration showing the expenditures for instructional material to be paid out of the instructional material fund, including reasonable transportation charges and emergency expenses. B. Upon request, the department of education [public education department] shall make reports to the state board [department] concerning the administration and execution of the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978]. 1953 Comp., § 77-13-14, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 218; 1975, ch. 270, § 14; 1993, ch. 226, § 45.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-15 Short title

22-15-15. Short title This act [22-15-15 to 22-15-20 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Historical Codes Act". Laws 1981, ch. 29, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-16 Purpose

22-15-16. Purpose It is the purpose of the Historical Codes Act [22-15-15 to 22-15-20 NMSA 1978] to promote an appreciation, necessary to a complete education, for the heritage and history of our civilization through the posting of historical codes pursuant to the provisions of the Historical Codes Act. Laws 1981, ch. 29, § 2.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-17 Funding

22-15-17. Funding Each local school board is authorized to accept contributions from private sources in order to carry out the provisions of the Historical Codes Act [22-15-15 to 22-15-20 NMSA 1978]. Laws 1981, ch. 29, § 3.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-18 Posting of copy

22-15-18. Posting of copy Each local school board may, to the extent funds are available pursuant to Section 3 [22-15-17 NMSA 1978] of the Historical Codes Act, post, in a nondiscriminatory manner not favoring one religious or ethno-cultural background over another, durable, permanent copies of the historical codes in each regular instructional classroom in the school district. Laws 1981, ch. 29, § 4.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-19 Other funds prohibited

22-15-19. Other funds prohibited No funds from any other source other than those accepted pursuant to Section 3 [22-15-17 NMSA 1978] of the Historical Codes Act shall be used to carry out the provisions of Section 4 [22-15-18 NMSA 1978] of that act. Laws 1981, ch. 29, § 5.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-20 Definition

22-15-20. Definition As used in the Historical Codes Act [22-15-15 to 22-15-20 NMSA 1978], "historical codes" means: A. the ten commandments; B. the code of Hammurabi; C. any injunctive compendium from the Koran; D. any compendium of Confucian teachings; E. any excerpts from the Bhagavad-Gita; F. the teachings of Gautama Buddha or his followers; or G. any other teachings representing disparate ethno-cultural or religious backgrounds. Laws 1981, ch. 29, § 6;.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-26 Short title

22-15-26. Short title This act [22-15-26 to 22-15-31 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Braille Access Act". Laws 2003, ch. 313, § 1.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-27 Purposes

22-15-27. Purposes The purposes of the Braille Access Act [22-15-26 to 22-15-31 NMSA 1978] are to: A. enhance literacy; B. increase braille proficiency; C. improve employability for blind and visually impaired students; and D. reduce the cost of acquiring braille and other alternate accessible format materials. Laws 2003, ch. 313, § 2.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-28 Definitions

22-15-28. Definitions As used in the Braille Access Act [22-15-26 to 22-15-31 NMSA 1978]: A. "alternate accessible format" means one of several alternatives to traditional print, including braille, large print and computer text files; B. "braille" means the tactile system of reading and writing used by persons who are blind and visually impaired, as defined by the braille authority of North America; C. "department" means the state department of public education; D. "educational institution" means a public school or public post-secondary educational institution; E. "instructional materials" means textbooks, workbooks, teacher manuals or editions, blackline masters, transparencies, test packets, software, CD-ROMs, videotapes and cassette tapes; F. "structural integrity" means all of the printed instructional materials, including the text of the material, sidebars, table of contents, chapter headings and subheadings, footnotes, indexes, glossaries and bibliographies. "Structural integrity" need not include nontextual elements such as pictures, illustrations, graphs or charts, though the publisher should include a brief textual description of any such nontextual element when it is practical to do so and mention of the nontextual element when a description is not practical; G. "student" means a blind or visually handicapped person accepted, enrolled or attending an educational institution; and H. "textbook" means a book, a system of instructional materials or a combination of a book and supplementary instructional material that conveys information to the student or otherwise contributes to the learning process, including electronic textbooks. Laws 2003, ch. 313, § 3.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-29 Instructional materials

22-15-29. Instructional materials A. A publisher that prints instructional materials for students attending educational institutions shall provide, upon request of the educational institution, any printed instructional materials in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the publisher and the educational institution. B. The formats used shall include any nationally recognized standard for conversion of publishing files to braille, such as DAISY/NISO XML. C. If no nationally recognized standard is appropriate, as determined by the department, publishers shall provide the file in another mutually agreed upon computer or electronic format, such as Microsoft Word, ASCII text or LaTex. D. The educational institution may use the electronic version of printed instructional materials that is provided pursuant to the Braille Access Act [22-15-26 to 22-15-31 NMSA 1978] to transcribe or arrange for the transcription of the printed instructional materials into an alternate accessible format. The educational institution has the right to provide the alternate accessible format copy of the printed instructional materials to students as permitted by federal copyright law, including the provisions of Section 316 of Public Law 104-197. E. The electronic version of the printed instructional materials shall: (1) comply with any applicable federal standard; (2) otherwise maintain the structural integrity of the printed instructional materials; and (3) include the latest corrections and revisions of the printed instructional materials as necessary. F. The publisher shall provide the electronic versions of the printed instructional materials to the educational institution at no additional cost and within ten business days after receipt of a written request that does all of the following: (1) certifies that the educational institution or the student has purchased the printed instructional materials for use by the student; (2) certifies that the student is unable to use printed instructional materials; (3) certifies that the printed instructional materials are for use by the student in connection with a course at the educational institution; and (4) is signed by the: (a) person responsible for providing educational services pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; (b) coordinator of services for students with disabilities at the educational institution; (c) person responsible for monitoring the educational institution's compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973; or (d) vocational rehabilitation counselor responsible for providing services under an individualized plan for employment created pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. G. A publisher may require that the request include a statement signed by the educational institution agreeing that: (1) the electronic copy of the printed instructional materials will be used solely for the student's educational purposes; and (2) the student or educational institution will not copy, publish or in any other way distribute the printed instructional materials for use by anyone other than the original student, except that the educational institution may provide the instructional materials to another qualifying student who has signed a statement agreeing to the terms contained in this section and unless it is otherwise permitted by federal law. H. A publisher who manufactures instructional materials using any type of video or audio format, CD ROM [CD-ROM] or other digital format for students attending educational institutions shall, to the maximum extent practicable, upon request, provide an accessible version of the instructional materials or, if an accessible version is not available, provide other electronic versions of the instructional materials, subject to the same conditions and limitations for printed instructional materials. I. Nothing in the Braille Access Act [22-15-26 to 22-15-31 NMSA 1978] shall be deemed to authorize any use of instructional materials that would constitute an infringement of copyright pursuant to applicable federal copyright law. Laws 2003, ch. 313, § 4.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-30 Guidelines

22-15-30. Guidelines The department, in consultation with representatives from educational institutions and publishers, shall adopt guidelines consistent with the Braille Access Act [22-15-26 to 22-15-31 NMSA 1978] for the implementation and administration of that act. The guidelines shall address all of the following: A. the designation of instructional materials deemed required or essential to student success; B. definitions clarifying what constitutes nontextual mathematics or science instructional materials that use mathematical notations and clarifying a publisher's obligations in regard to such instructional materials; C. definitions clarifying what is required to maintain structural integrity and requirements for textual descriptions of pictures, illustrations, graphs and charts; D. requirements for approval and procurement of textbooks that are available in a computer or electronic format and procedures for suspension of publishers from the procurement process if the publisher fails to comply with the provisions of the Braille Access Act; E. an administrative complaint process to be followed for complaints against a publisher; F. definitions clarifying what constitutes "educational purposes"; and G. any other matters the department deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Braille Access Act. Laws 2003, ch. 313, § 5.

NMSA 1978, § 22-15-31 Private right of action

22-15-31. Private right of action A student who contends that there has been a violation of the Braille Access Act [22-15-26 to 22-15-31 NMSA 1978] has the right to pursue a private right of action in the district court if the student has exhausted the administrative complaint process. Organizations representing the interests of persons who are blind or who have other disabilities shall have standing to assert any right afforded in the Braille Access Act and shall be subject to the same requirements and terms as a student. Should the student or organization prevail in a lawsuit, the student or organization shall be entitled to injunctive relief and reasonable attorney fees and costs. No other type of monetary damages shall be available. Laws 2003, ch. 313, § 6.

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