44th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2000

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS AT HIGH SCHOOLS IN BERNALILLO, SANTA FE AND VALENCIA COUNTIES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state department of public education for expenditure in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the purpose of contracting with a private nonprofit organization to establish dropout prevention programs for at-risk students from Valley, Los Lunas, Rio Grande and West Mesa high schools and Santa Fe Indian school in Bernalillo, Santa Fe and Valencia counties. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2001 shall revert to the general fund.

Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.