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| SPONSOR: | Cisneros | DATE TYPED: | 02/01/00 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Taos Manpower Development & Training Prog. | SB | 271 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Pacheco-Perez | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY00 | FY01 | FY00 | FY01 | ||
| $ 300.0 | Rec | GF | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
This bill appropriates $300.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico to provide manpower development and training programs for persons in north central New Mexico at the off-campus instructional program in Taos. This bill carries an emergency clause.
Significant Issues
Taos received a non-recurring appropriation for this purpose for FY00.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $300.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund for expenditure in fiscal years 2000 and 2001. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY01 shall revert to the general fund.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
According to the CHE, eighteen additional community colleges statewide are similar in mission to the Taos off-campus center, but none receive non-formula adjustments for manpower development and training programs.
The CHE recommends that the following language be included for all new recurring higher education programs: "The institution receiving the special appropriation in this bill shall submit a program evaluation to the LFC and the CHE by August 1, 2003 detailing the benefits to the State from having this program implemented for a three-year period."
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