HOUSE BILL 693

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Joni Marie Gutierrez

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FUND A STATEWIDE PROGRAM TO PROMOTE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION OF TEEN PARENTS IN NEW MEXICO.

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 year 2010 to fund a statewide recovery and retention program that targets teenage parents who have dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2010 shall revert to the general fund.

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