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| SPONSOR: | Garcia | DATE TYPED: | 02/24/01 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | NMSU At-Risk Student Outreach Program | SB | 483 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Gilbert | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY01 | FY02 | FY01 | FY02 | ||
| $ 237.1 | Recurring | General Fund | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates: House Bill 19 and Senate Bill 31
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
State Department of Education
CHE Files - Special Funding Requests Submitted by NMSU
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 483 appropriates $237.1 to New Mexico State University (NMSU) to conduct an outreach program for at-risk high school and middle school students.
Significant Issues
According to the SDE, mentoring and counseling programs are part of public school safe schools plans. However, all schools do not include this program in their plans.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $237.1 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.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The following is provided for information only. It is not intended as a commentary on the merits of the program/project.
NMSU provided a categorical priority list of special projects to the Commission on Higher Education (CHE) for their review. The NMSU Board of Regents ranked this request as a priority, but the CHE did not recommend funding this program.
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