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SPONSOR: |
Zanetti |
DATE TYPED: |
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HB |
855 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Accelerated Math Program in a Magnet School |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
L. Baca |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$20.0 |
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Recurring |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates
to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
Responses
Received From
State
Department of Education (SDE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 855
appropriates $20.0 to the State Department of Education from the general fund
to purchase an accelerated math program for
Significant
Issues
SDE reports that Accelerated Mathematics is a
skills-based learning system that generates individualized practice assignments
that are automatically scored to give the student feedback and allow the
student to proceed at his or her own pace.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$20.0 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.
The legislation requires the SDE to award the funds or
issue a Request for Proposal to secure an accelerated mathematics program for
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
According to SDE,
direct appropriations for operational purposes may lead to disequalizing
revenues and skewing the expenditures reported by SDE to the