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SPONSOR: | Komadina | DATE TYPED: | 3/3/01 | HB | |||
SHORT TITLE: | Parents Involved in Teaching Reading Pilot | SB | 112 | ||||
ANALYST: | Gilbert |
Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
FY01 | FY02 | FY01 | FY02 | ||
$ 100.0 | Recurring | GF |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act: HB24, HB33, HB74, HB82, HB179, House Joint Memorial 5, and SB4, SB10, SB31, SB40, SB138, SB307
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
State Department of Education (SDE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 112 appropriates $100.0 to the State Department of Education (SDE) to establish a pilot project where parents are involved in teaching reading to their children.
Significant Issues
According to the State Department of Education (SDE), the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Even Start programs currently offer family literacy components to parents and their children. The appropriation in this bill would allow an expansion to parents and children not currently being served.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $100.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY02 shall revert to the general fund.
CONFLICT/DUPLICATION/COMPANIONSHIP/RELATIONSHIP
The following bills relate to improving reading and literacy programs in New Mexico:
HB24 Statewide Early Childhood Programs
HB33 Even Start Family Literacy Program
HB74 Improve Student Reading Proficiencies
HB179 Bernalillo After-School Learning Services
HJM-5 Monitor Statewide Reading Initiative
SB4 Family literacy services
SB10 Reading Proficiency by third grade
SB31 At-risk student outreach program
SB40 Family literacy services
SB138 Reading Proficiency by third grade
SB307 and HB82 - makes student improvement appropriations.- $4.0 million is appropriated from the general fund to the state department of education for expenditure in fiscal year 2002 to pay teachers to teach intensive summer education programs for students in need of assistance.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
According to the Guide To Improving Parenting Education in Even Start Family Literacy Programs (2000), research studies support the importance of parental involvement in school success. This initiative would complement the SDE's statewide reading initiative by providing a model for how to effectively engage parents as partners in programs that utilize current research in reading.
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