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SPONSOR: |
Altamirano |
DATE TYPED: |
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HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
NM |
SB |
200a/SFC |
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ANALYST: |
L. Baca |
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APPROPRIATION
Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$3,100.0 |
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Recurring |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates
to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
Responses
Received From
Commission
on Higher Education (CHE)
Department
of Economic Development (EDD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of SFC Amendment
The Senate Finance Committee Amendment amends SB
100 and clarifies the role of the NMSBDC by inserting the following language on
page 1:
“The
Synopsis
of Original Bill
Senate Bill 200
appropriates $3,100.0 from the general fund to the Commission on Higher Education
for the New Mexico Small Business Development Center (NMSBDC) located on the
campus of Santa Fe Community College (SFCC).
Significant
Issues
SB 2, the General
Appropriation Act of 2003, includes an appropriation of $2,944.2 the
NMSBDC. Thus, this request for $3.1
million is a program expansion that, if funded, will increase the NMSBDC’
fiscal year 2004 to $6,044.2 from the
fiscal 2003 appropriation of $2,944.2.
This request for
$3.1million was not included in the NMSBDC’s budget request to the SFCC Board
of Regents, and thus was not included in the list of priority projects submitted
by SFCC to the Commission on Higher Education for review.
According to the CHE, a
$400,000 proposal for expansion was ranked 2 out of 4 research and public
service expansion items submitted to the CHE by SFCC. This program was not recommended for
expansion by the CHE.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$3,100.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year shall
revert to the general fund.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The CHE
suggests adding the following language for all new recurring higher education
programs and expansion of current programs (assuming that funding will continue
beyond 2003-2004):
“A plan for a program evaluation, including specific program goals and
criteria for assessing program effectiveness, shall be submitted to the
Legislative Finance Committee and the Commission on Higher Education by
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
1.
Was
this request submitted to the Board Of Regents of SFCC ?
2.
Should
the appropriation be made to SFCC instead of CHE ??
LB/njw