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SPONSOR: |
Altamirano |
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HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
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SB |
199 |
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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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$300.0 |
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Recurring |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates
to Appropriation for
Responses
Received From
New
Mexico Department of Labor (DOL)
Commission
on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 199
appropriates $300.0 to the Board of Regents of New Mexico Western University to
fund a labor market analysis, an educational program design study and
facilities design for the
Significant
Issues
The DOL analysis states that this appropriation
to fund a labor market study may be duplicative of efforts currently
underway. The Southwestern Area
Workforce Development Board funded a study which is currently underway. In addition, DOL’s Economic Research and
Analysis bureau (ER&A) currently provides labor market information through
a federal/state cooperative agreement.
Neither study, it appears, addresses developing
designs for education programs and\or buildings.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$300.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall revert to the general fund.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
This funding request
was not included in the funding recommendations submitted to the CHE by the
Board of Regents of Western New Mexico University and, thus, was not reviewed
by the CHE.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
1.
Is
the study proposed duplicative of the efforts by DOL and others?
2.
Of
the three purposes for funding by this bill, is any one considered more
important than the others ?