HOUSE BILL 323

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Ray Begaye

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.--Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for in-school, after-school and summer supplementary literacy programs for children in rural areas targeting high-need, underserved populations. This appropriation is contingent upon the receipt of matching funding of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from sources other than the state of New Mexico. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.