SENATE BILL 157

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2021

INTRODUCED BY

Pete Campos

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CENTER FOR THE EDUCATION AND STUDY OF DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND THE BEN LUJAN LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE TO STUDY AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTEGRATION OF ACEQUIAS AND LAND GRANTS INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands university for expenditure in fiscal year 2022 for the center for the education and study of diverse populations and the Ben Lujan leadership and public policy institute to convene educators, acequia and land grant stakeholders and youth to study and develop recommendations for curriculum and teacher development that will support integration of acequias and land grants into multicultural education in New Mexico public schools. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2022 shall revert to the general fund.

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