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SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Commission for Higher Education (CHE)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 417 appropriates $200.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico (UNM) for the purpose of providing statewide outreach programs to school music instructors for professional development and curriculum development in mariachi music and to establish a library of mariachi music.

Significant Issues

According to the Commission on Higher Education (CHE), the current UNM music library would be improved with the addition of a mariachi library and it could be the first of its kind in the United States.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $250.0 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.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The CHE estimates that UNM will need to add 5.0 FTE to accomplish the statewide outreach responsibilities included in this bill.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The following is provided for information only. It is not intended as a commentary on the merits of the program/project:

This program was not included in UNM's budget request to the UNM Board of Regents, and thus was not submitted by UNM to the CHE for review. The CHE did not recommend funding this new program.

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