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SPONSOR: |
Watchman |
DATE TYPED: |
02/07/02 |
HB |
252 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Expand Lottery Tuition to Tribal Colleges |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
Fernandez |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY02 |
FY03 |
FY02 |
FY03 |
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$901.8 |
Recurring |
Lottery Tuition Scholarship |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates
SB 289
Relates
to SB 340
Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 252 expands eligibility for lottery tuition scholarships to include students attending two- and four-year educational institutions created by an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or federal government.
Significant
Issues
Currently, all qualified students enrolled in a
two- or four-year public post-secondary institution may receive a Lottery
Success Scholarship. Other public and
private non-profit institutions such as the College of Santa Fe, St. John’s
College, and College of the Southwest and tribal colleges are not eligible to
receive lottery funds.
According to CHE, high school students
graduating from a school in New Mexico operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and out-of-state members of the Navajo tribe who reside on the Navajo
reservation, as certified by the Navajo Department of Higher Education, are
eligible for lottery tuition scholarships if they attend a public post-secondary
institution.
Two- and four-year post secondary institutions
created by an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or federal government identified
by CHE eligible to participate include the following: Dine College, Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), Southwest
Indian Polytechnic Institute (SWIPI) and Crownpoint Institute of Technology
(CIT).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
Based on financial aid
data compiled by CHE for 2000-2001 including student enrollment and annual
tuition, CHE estimates the following awards:
Dine College $85.8
IAIA $168.0
SWIPI No tuition
CIT $648.0
Total $901.8
Note: SWIPI does not charge tuition. Books and room and board are also provided
free of charge to members of federally recognized Indian tribes.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
CHE indicates
additional staff time would be required to provide technical support for data
reporting requirements. The
institutions would be required to provide student data that is not currently
reported to CHE.
DUPLICATION/RELATIONSHIP
House Bill 252 is a
duplicate of SB289.
House Bill 252 relates
to SB340 which increases the time period that students attending a two-year
public post-secondary institution may receive a Lottery Tuition Scholarship
from two to three years.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
CHE reports that in
academic year 2000-2001, Native American students received approximately $24.4
million in tribal aid that is not available to non-Native American
students. Native American students are
also eligible to receive State Student Incentive Grants (SSIG), State and
Federal work-study grants, pell and other federal grants.
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