AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE;
REQUIRING THAT CERTAIN STATE FUNDS FOR HEAD START PROGRAMS BE USED TO CONTRACT
AND SUBCONTRACT WITH PRIVATE AND NONPRIVATE PROGRAMS THAT MEET FEDERAL HEAD
START PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES--USE
OF STATE HEAD START PROGRAM FUNDS.--In the 2004 fiscal year and each subsequent
fiscal year, at least twenty-five percent of the state's maintenance-of-effort funds
appropriated for head start programs for children eligible pursuant to the
federal temporary assistance for needy families program shall be used to
contract or subcontract with private and nonprofit child care providers to
provide programs that meet federal head start performance standards.
HB 658
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