0001|                            SENATE BILL 58
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             Cynthia Nava
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PROVIDING FOR AN EARLY
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0012|     CHILDHOOD-FAMILY SUPPORT AND EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM;
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0013|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0017|     enacted to read:
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0018|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] EARLY CHILDHOOD-FAMILY SUPPORT AND
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0019|     EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM.--
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0020|               A.  The human services department shall work with
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0021|     the department of education and the children, youth and
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0022|     families department to develop and implement the early
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0023|     childhood-family support and education training program for
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0024|     eligible families pursuant to the New Mexico Works Act.  This
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0025|     early childhood-family support and education training program
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0001|     shall not be available to persons who are not members of an
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0002|     eligible family pursuant to the New Mexico Works Act.
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0003|               B.  The department of education, upon approval of
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0004|     an application, shall distribute money to those school
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0005|     districts that address the following program elements:
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0006|                    (1)  implementation or augmentation of before-
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0007|     and after-school programs for eligible children pursuant to
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0008|     the New Mexico Works Act who are ages five through eight;
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0009|                    (2)  implementation or augmentation of
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0010|     programs addressing the educational needs and family support
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0011|     needs of eligible children pursuant to the New Mexico Works
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0012|     Act who are ages five through eight; and
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0013|                    (3)  implementation or augmentation of job
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0014|     skills and leadership development for mothers and fathers of
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0015|     participants who are eligible participants pursuant to the New
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0016|     Mexico Works Act.
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0017|               C.  In applying for funding, school districts shall
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0018|     establish partnerships with local community-based public and 
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0019|     private programs.  Each funded application shall include and
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0020|     demonstrate a family involvement component that is based on
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0021|     family support principles for each of the program elements
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0022|     described in Subsection A of this section.  School districts
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0023|     shall maintain fiscal agent responsibility in a partnership.
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0024|               D.  The program shall reflect the employment and
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0025|     economic development needs of the local community and
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0001|     encompass health, safety and nutrition.  The program shall
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0002|     support the educational and developmental needs of eligible
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0003|     children pursuant to the New Mexico Works Act, address
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0004|     cultural diversity and provide family support.
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0005|               E.  By July 1, 1998, the state department of public
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0006|     education shall develop guidelines for the application
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0007|     process, disseminate those guidelines to all school districts
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0008|     and provide technical assistance in developing applications. 
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0009|     The department, in partnership with the human services
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0010|     department and the children, youth and families department and
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0011|     interested persons, shall define application criteria
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0012|     inclusive of at-risk indicators, quality performance
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0013|     indicators and benchmarks that ensure positive results for
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0014|     participants and provide strong accountability measures for
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0015|     the public.  
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0016|               F.  A phase-in process may be instituted by a
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0017|     school district to develop the needed coordination with local
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0018|     community-based public and private programs and other
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0019|     resources.
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0020|               G. The human services department shall make
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0021|     referrals of  families eligible pursuant to the New Mexico
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0022|     Works Act  to the school districts whose application is
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0023|     approved.
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0024|               H.  The human services department shall ensure that
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0025|     expenditures meet all federal and state  temporary assistance
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0001|     for needy families block grant maintenance of effort
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0002|     requirements.
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0003|               I.  The department of education shall distribute
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0004|     money to school districts that are located in areas lacking
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0005|     certified childcare services as determined by the children,
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0006|     youth and families department."
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0007|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION. Two million four hundred
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0008|     eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,482,500) is
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0009|     appropriated from the general fund to the human services
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0010|     department for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the purpose
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0011|     of carrying out the early childhood-family support and
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0012|     education training program.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0013|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert
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0014|     to the general fund.
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0015|          Section 3.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0016|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0017|     immediately.
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