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Carraro |
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HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Community College High Skills Training |
SB |
14 |
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ANALYST: |
Williams |
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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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1,000.0 |
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Recurring |
General
Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to
HB 160:
Work Force Skills Development Fund
LFC Files
Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
Economic Development Department
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 14
appropriates $1,000.0 from the general fund to the Commission on Higher Education
for the purpose of broad-based, entry-level high skills training program at the
state’s community colleges. Funding
would be available for instructors, curriculum implementation, laboratory
development and equipment operating and maintenance support. Community colleges would provide an equal
funding match from non-state sources.
Significant
Issues
CHE notes the New Mexico Association of
Community Colleges presented a statewide request to CHE to support the
community college high skill training start-up fund in 2002, and this proposal
was one of two research and public service expansion items submitted to
CHE. While recognizing the value of the
proposal, the CHE did not recommend this project due to funding limitations.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$1,000.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general
fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered
balance remaining at the end of FY 04 shall revert to the general fund.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
According to CHE, this
funding would support an incentive program directly linking education, training
and economic development for rural and urban areas along with regional and
statewide needs. In addition, this
program would complement the state’s in-plant training program as well as the
federal Workforce Investment Act’s voucher system.
Under the provisions
of the Accountability in Government Act, two-year institutions report performance
associated with an outcome measure addressing percent of graduates who were
placed in jobs in New Mexico based on unemployment insurance wage data. In addition to performance measures required
by AGA, two-year institutions provide data relevant to five major areas of a
community college mission, including responding to the ongoing training needs
of the state’s workforce.