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SPONSOR: |
Irwin |
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HB |
304 |
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SB |
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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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$250.0 |
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Recurring |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates
to Appropriation for
Responses
Received From
Commission
on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 304
appropriates $250.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New Mexico
for expenditure in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the purpose of funding the
child development center program at WNMU.
Significant
Issues
HB 304 is intended to address recurring
childcare needs in
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $250.0
contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund and may be
expended in fiscal years 2004 and 2005.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal
year 2005 shall revert to the general fund.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
According to the CHE, a request for $250,000 was
not included in the RPSP expansion proposal to the WNMU Board of Regents, and
thus was not included in the list of priority projects submitted by WNMU to the
Commission on Higher Education for review.
The CHE further reports a that proposal for
expansion of the WNMU “Childcare Center” in the amount of $26,300 was one of
two proposals ranked 1 out of 7 research and public service project expansion
items submitted to the CHE by WNMU. This
program was not recommended for expansion by the CHE. The request for $26,300 was to reinstate the
funds reduced in the 2002 General Appropriation Act.
The CHE suggests the following language for all
new recurring higher education programs and expansion of current programs
(assuming that funding will continue beyond 2002-2003):
“The institution
receiving the appropriation in this bill submit a program evaluation to the
Legislative Finance Committee and the Commission on higher Education by August
2005 detailing the benefits to the State of