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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Rodriguez

 

DATE TYPED:

2/7/03

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

Santa Fe Museum-Based Summer Day Camp

 

SB

345

 

 

ANALYST:

Baca

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

$100.0

 

 

Recurring

GF

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Duplicates HB 226

 

Relates to Appropriation for the State Department of Education in the General Appropriation Act

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 345 appropriates $100.0 from the general fund to the State Department of Education to support in collaboration with the Santa Fe Public School a museum-based early childhood community summer day camp program at Agua Fria Elementary School in Santa Fe.

 

     Significant Issues

 

The provisions of this bill will allow the development of a museum-based community summer early childhood day program. As envisioned, the program would serve 110 students and have a pupil-teacher ratio of one-to-six. Fifteen of the projected twenty-four teachers will be bilingual in Spanish and English.

 

Positive experiences in a school and school-related setting in the early years are crucial to the later school-related success of children.  It appears this project is targeting a school with large number of students who qualify for Title 1 assistance who would certainly benefit from the summer day camp experiences.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $100.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall revert to the general fund.

 

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