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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Boykin		DATE TYPED:	2/27/03		HB	83
SHORT TITLE:		Education Training and Consulting Services				SB
					ANALYST:		Segura

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY03	FY04	FY03	FY04
	$750.0			Recurring	GF

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

State Department of Education (SDE)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 83 appropriates $750.0 to support and expand the use of the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence and quality principles through professional development training and consulting to administrators, teachers, staff, students, parents, school board members , State Department of Education, community college partners, college of education partners and members of the community.

Significant Issues

Strengthening Quality in Schools (SQS) is a community-based organization that works for continuous improvement of student performance and the quality of New Mexico’s education system.

House Bill 83 supports a systemic, systematic process for continuous improvement of student

Achievement, with a “no excuse” approach that all students can learn regardless of poverty levels, language differences and other demographic challenges so often viewed as reasons why students cannot achieve. Return on investment is identified through sustainability of the use of the Baldrige framework as a system approach for advancing both student and system performance.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

House Bill 83 appropriates $750.0 from the general fund and is recurring.

The appropriation would be utilized to support, meet and expand resource needs for school district teams and key system owners identified in the legislation. The funds would impact approximately 7,200 educators and 65,000 students. Plans include assisting low-performing schools as a selection priority for expansion efforts. The funds from this legislation would be leveraged by matching funds by the private sector.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

SDE indicates that no additional FTE would be required.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The State Department Education states that this initiative is endorsed and supported by the Governor’s Business Executives for Education, Economic Forum, Business Roundtable for Education Excellence, Albuquerque Business Education Compact, State Board of Education and 25 education and business organizations throughout the state.

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