STATE OF NEW MEXICO

47TH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION - 2006

REQUESTED BY

MAKING ALLOCATIONS TO CORRECT SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES IN EDUCATIONAL

TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO REPLACE FUNCTIONALLY

OBSOLETE COMPUTERS AND NETWORK DEVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE

STATEWIDE PLAN FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

SENATE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 1670

I request that the following be funded:

Cynthia Nava

to the educational technology deficiency correction fund

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ED TECH INFRA-CORRECT DEFICIENCIES STATEWIDE

ninety-four million four hundred thousand dollars ($94,400,000) for expenditure in fiscal

year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years for the purpose of making allocations to correct

serious deficiencies in educational technology infrastructure pursuant to Section 22-15A-11

NMSA 1978. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal

year shall not revert to the general fund.

Preferred Funding Source: GF

to the public education department

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SCHL DIST COMPUTERS/NETWORKS REPLACE STATEWIDE

twenty-four million two hundred thousand dollars ($24,200,000) for expenditure in fiscal

years 2006 and 2007 for the purpose of making distributions to school districts to replace

functionally obsolete computers and network devices in accordance with the statewide plan

for the integration of educational technology into the public schools. Any unexpended or

unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general

fund. No distribution of this appropriation shall be made to a school district unless: (1) the

education technology bureau of the public education department, after requesting and

obtaining the advice of the council on technology in education, has approved the school

district's technology plan pursuant to the Technology for Education Act; and (2) the school

district has agreed to match the distribution with an amount determined pursuant to the

procedures of Paragraph (5) of Subsection B of Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978.

Preferred Funding Source: GF

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