Title I, Part A
Support for schools serving students from low-income families.
View funding source ↗New Mexico · Schools & districts
High-impact tutoring for New Mexico schools.
Live, small-group virtual tutoring in K–12 math and ELA. Connect New Mexico’s MLSS framework, literacy goals, and classroom learning with focused instruction, student discussion, and a plan your school can support.
New Mexico’s HB2 tutoring award requires primarily in-person instruction. Virtual delivery is limited to a supplemental or contingency role with prior written PED approval and cannot be the majority of instruction.
A closer look at New Mexico
Your state’s priorities.
Your students’ next steps.
What New Mexico is prioritizing
State priorities.
Focused support.
Timely support within MLSS. Strong literacy instruction with language and context in view. High-impact tutoring connected to the school day and classroom learning.
Official sources checked November 4, 2026
01Layered support that keeps grade-level learning in reach.
New Mexico’s emphasis
New Mexico’s Multi-Layered System of Supports (MLSS) connects strong core instruction with targeted and intensive support. Classroom teams use student progress information to respond to learning needs while protecting access to grade-level instruction.
The Cignition connection
Build recurring math or ELA tutoring into the intervention plan your school leads. Identify the learning target, share classroom context, and agree on how your team will review participation and progress. Tutoring adds instructional capacity within the larger system of support.
02Structured literacy, with language and context in view.
New Mexico’s emphasis
Structured Literacy New Mexico emphasizes identifying reading needs early and using evidence-based instruction. The 2026 Statewide Literacy Framework connects reading instruction and support across grade levels, while PED’s biliteracy guidance brings students’ language backgrounds into the instructional conversation.
The Cignition connection
Review proposed ELA instruction around the foundational skills, vocabulary, comprehension, and text analysis your students need next. Bring your school’s language-of-instruction goals and students’ reading evidence into planning. Discuss the proposed lessons and tutor expertise with your literacy team.
03High-impact tutoring with a place in the school day.
New Mexico’s emphasis
New Mexico’s 2026–27 statewide initiative prioritizes supplemental small-group math and language arts instruction during the school day, connected to classroom learning and ongoing assessment.
The Cignition connection
Build focused instruction into a protected schedule, with consistent groups, student discussion, and purposeful review of learning. Because Cignition delivers tutoring virtually, review each funding source’s delivery rules and required approvals before choosing a program.
Our curriculum. Your instructional goals.
From a learning target
to student thinking.
Start with the skill your students need next. Connect the learning goal, the task, and the explanation that shows how a student is thinking.
The New Mexico connection · A closer look at instruction
From a learning need to the work students do.
New Mexico’s emphasis on MLSS, literacy, and language-responsive instruction provides context for reviewing this sample. Examine how a learner uses words and text evidence to support an interpretation.
Compare the task and prerequisites with your classroom sequence and student work.
Explore a sample lesson
Middle school ELA
ELA · 6–8 sample. Open the student lesson to examine the tasks for yourself.
Open the middle school ELA sample ↗
What should we look for?
Consider how a learner uses words and text evidence to support an interpretation. Which responses would help your team decide what the student understands and what to teach next?
How would this connect with our curriculum?
Compare the learning goal, task, language, and prerequisites with your classroom materials. Your school’s learning sequence and the students’ starting points guide that discussion.
How should we use this example?
This grade-band sample illustrates selected instruction. It has not been customized for New Mexico and is not a comprehensive state standards alignment. For a specific alignment question, share the standard and classroom materials with our team.
Inside a school partnership
A shared plan.
People to keep
it moving.
Cignition brings live virtual instruction, purpose-built lessons, a dedicated program manager, and participation and learning information. For example, a New Mexico school could explore supplemental adolescent reading support within MLSS through a local plan that permits the proposed virtual model. Your school provides protected time, technology, and local support. This is a planning illustration; service eligibility and the agreed scope shape any partnership.
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Turn the instructional need into a workable plan.
Your school team
Identify the students and reading or math goals, share classroom and screening information, and protect recurring time. Your team names an onsite contact and checks devices, connectivity, and the proposed use of school funds.
The Cignition team
Your program manager coordinates planning with your school. Cignition prepares tutor assignments, small groups, instructional materials, and launch arrangements around your New Mexico school’s MLSS, literacy, and language-responsive instruction.
Keep the session focused and students connected.
Your school team
Help students join on time, maintain a supervised learning space, and support participation or connection issues. Classroom teachers continue core instruction; tutoring provides additional targeted learning time.
The Cignition team
Experienced, carefully vetted tutors lead live virtual instruction using Cignition’s purpose-built curriculum, questions, models, and discussion. They respond to student work and record attendance, participation, and learning information.
Use the information. Keep the conversation going.
Your school team
Share classroom observations and school assessment context, review participation with your onsite contact, and identify questions about student learning or the routine.
The Cignition team
Your program manager shares participation and learning information and coordinates follow-up. Cignition’s instructional and implementation teams use that information with your school to consider grouping, learning targets, or scheduling adjustments.
New Mexico funding landscape
Understand the investment.
Find a relevant pathway.
Explore district federal funds, state tutoring awards, literacy investments, and after-school programs. Check the delivery model and the status of each opportunity before building a budget.
Selected federal funding for New Mexico
FY 2026 · Published statewide awards
Title II, Part A
Educator effectiveness and instructional capacity.
View funding source ↗Title III, Part A
English-language acquisition and support for English learners.
View funding source ↗21st Century Community Learning Centers
Academic enrichment during non-school hours.
View funding source ↗Read the NEW MEXICO row and Fiscal Year 2026 column in each federal award table. Links highlight the row in supporting browsers. These statewide allocations are not unspent funds or a dedicated tutoring budget. Allowable uses differ. Title II supports educator capacity, not general tutoring services. Confirm your district’s available balance and approved use with its program lead.
New Mexico budgets and grant pathways
Funding reviewed November 10, 2026Supplemental support
through your school plan
District-controlled award · Approved use required
Who / what it supports
Title I-A supports schools serving students from low-income families. Schoolwide and targeted assistance programs have different requirements. The approved school plan and identified academic needs guide the use.
Where tutoring could fit
Review proposed virtual math or ELA tutoring against approved activities, eligible students, instructional evidence, and the district’s available balance.
Practical next step: Ask your federal programs lead to confirm the proposed service, fiscal requirements, student eligibility, and local purchasing process.
Review Title I-A program guidance ↗State tutoring dollars.
A specific delivery model.
$15.3M across FY27–FY29 · 2026 application closed July 31
Who / what it supports
New Mexico allocated $5.1 million annually across FY27–FY29 for school-day high-impact tutoring. The 2026 grant application served districts, charters, and Regional Education Cooperatives, with primarily in-person delivery.
Where tutoring could fit
Cignition is virtual. Under the 2026 RFA, virtual tutoring is limited to supplemental or contingency delivery with prior PED approval. This is a conditional fit, not an automatic funding option for a virtual program.
Practical next step: Existing awardees should ask PED to approve any proposed virtual component and verify allowable costs before including a vendor.
Read HB2 tutoring delivery requirements ↗Literacy capacity.
A coordinated local investment.
$60M CLSD project · 2025 and 2026 cohorts awarded
Who / what it supports
New Mexico’s federally funded CLSD project invests in literacy leadership, coaching, professional learning, and high-quality materials. PED lists the participating 2025 and 2026 cohorts on its program page.
Where tutoring could fit
Discuss whether a proposed reading-support activity is included in your awarded scope and local literacy plan. The statewide project is not a general tutoring budget or evidence that Cignition is an approved materials provider.
Practical next step: Work with your district’s CLSD lead to review approved activities, cost categories, personnel, and materials requirements before including a service.
Explore New Mexico’s CLSD awards ↗Academic learning.
Beyond the school day.
2026 applications closed April 24 · Review existing awards
Who / what it supports
New Mexico’s 21st CCLC and HB2 Out-of-School Time programs support academic enrichment and broader learning opportunities outside regular school hours. The published 2026 application window closed April 24.
Where tutoring could fit
An existing grantee can review whether focused math or ELA tutoring complements its approved academic program. Confirm virtual delivery, partner arrangements, participation expectations, and costs against the actual award.
Practical next step: Contact the local grantee and PED’s Community Schools and Extended Learning team about approved funds and future competitions. Do not treat the closed 2026 application as a new opening.
Review New Mexico’s after-school grant guidance ↗New Mexico · Program fit & purchasing
Start with fit.
Confirm the requirements.
Start with your school’s instructional goals and the proposed virtual tutoring service. New Mexico’s HB2 tutoring award requires primarily in-person instruction. A virtual component is permitted only in a supplemental or contingency role, with prior written PED approval, and cannot be the majority of instruction. This page does not present HB2 as a funding route for a standalone virtual program. Any other local plan needs its own review of service eligibility, available funds, tutor qualifications, reporting, student-data protections, and purchasing requirements.
A few useful questions
What would you like to work through?
Start here, then bring the questions specific to your students and school.
How would tutoring connect with New Mexico learning goals?
Start with your school’s learning goals, curriculum sequence, and student work. Review proposed math or ELA lessons, where prerequisite support fits, and how progress will be discussed. New Mexico’s Instructional Scope can support that conversation. The activity on this page is illustrative; it is not a reviewed New Mexico curriculum crosswalk.
How would virtual tutoring fit within MLSS?
Your school identifies the learning need and how supplemental tutoring fits its layered supports. Together, plan recurring sessions, appropriate grouping, classroom connections, and review of student progress. Live virtual sessions also need reliable connectivity, suitable devices, and a supervised learning space. Your school team leads MLSS decisions and the broader system of support.
Could HB2 tutoring funds pay for a virtual program?
The 2026 HB2 tutoring grant requires primarily in-person delivery. Virtual tutoring is limited to supplemental or contingency delivery with prior PED approval. Because Cignition is virtual, an award does not automatically establish eligibility for our services. Confirm the proposed delivery model, approval, and costs with PED before planning a funded program.
What is available through New Mexico’s literacy grants?
PED’s CLSD page lists existing 2025 and 2026 cohorts and describes investments in literacy teams, coaching, professional learning, and materials. Participating districts should review any proposed activity against their approved award and local plan. The statewide investment does not establish an open grant application or blanket tutoring eligibility.
Are the after-school grant applications still open?
The published 2026 application window for 21st CCLC and HB2 Out-of-School Time closed April 24. Existing grantees can review possible partnerships within their approved programs. Check directly with PED for any future competition, current award conditions, and applicable delivery requirements.
What if I’m looking for help for my own child?
This page focuses on school and district programs. For individual support, explore Cignition’s one-to-one math and ELA tutoring for families.
Your school’s next step
Let’s plan around
your students.
Planning around MLSS, literacy, and language-responsive instruction? Request curriculum examples, implementation details, evidence, or funding information for your New Mexico school before deciding whether to book a call.
On our contact page, choose “Another question” for an information request or “School or district tutoring” to explore a program.