SENATE BILL 668

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Michael S. Sanchez

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR LITERACY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN IN RURAL AREAS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million dollars ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 to provide integrated in-school, after-school and summer supplementary literacy programs for children from rural areas at a minimum of ten school sites. The literacy programs shall have been previously implemented in rural areas in New Mexico, shall be designed to serve children in kindergarten through eighth grade and shall include pretesting and posttesting assessments. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.

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