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Study Alignment of Early
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L. Baca |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Responses
Received From
State
Department of Education (SDE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Joint Memorial
12 requests that the Interagency Coordinating Group (ICG) study the alignment
of early care education programs in New Mexico, establish a framework for a
statewide comprehensive and universal system of preschool programs and fully
delineate the procedures and methodology necessary to implement such a
framework; and that the group report its finding to the Legislative Education
Study Committee by November 2003.
This bill was
introduced for the Legislative Education Study Committee.
Significant
Issues
The ICG was created within the Department of
Children, Youth and Families in 1992. It
is comprised of the Secretary of Finance and Administration, the Secretary of Health,
the Secretary of Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, the Chairman of the Joint Interim Legislative Health and
Human Services Committee and a member of the Governor’s office. This memorial
requests that the ICG implement the provisions of the 1992 law, and bring
coordination and focus to the nearly $250.0 million expended annually in