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This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast.

It's not every day in the podcast that we feature a sitting state senator.

I'm really excited to bring you this conversation with New Mexico's Mimi Stewart.

We really wanted to have Senator Stewart on the show for this sixth season because she has spent

decades working inside state government to push for better literacy instruction.

Thank you so much, Mr. President, members of the Senate.

This, I believe, is a real important issue with young kids that aren't learning to read.

And on this episode, Senator Stewart takes us through the entire process of drafting, passing, and enacting literacy legislation.

So Mr. President, I moved that Senate Bill 398, thrice amended, do now pass.

Which she and the state of New Mexico accomplished in 2019.

By a vote of 33 in the affirmative, zero in the negative, Senate Bill 398 is three times amended, has passed the Senate.

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Listeners will come away from this conversation with a better understanding of the role state government and state legislation can play in promoting research-based literacy instruction.

Here's my conversation with Senator Mimi Stewart.

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