SENATE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 410   
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                           PETE CAMPOS            





FOR PORTABLE LANGUAGE LABORATORIES AT NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS
UNIVERSITY TO ADMINISTER THE NEW STATEWIDE BILINGUAL LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION.

     I request that the following capital outlay project be
funded:

                    to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands
          university:
          
                    two hundred forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars
          ($248,500) to purchase, install and equip five portable
          language laboratories at the center for the education
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          and study of diverse population at New Mexico highlands
          university in San Miguel county to administer the new
          statewide bilingual language proficiency examination.