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

 

 

SPONSOR

Rainaldi

DATE TYPED

2/9/04

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE

WNMU Technology Training

SB

430

 

 

ANALYST

Baca

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY04

FY05

FY04

FY05

 

$15.0

 

 

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

 

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Commission on Higher Education Funding Recommendations for FY05 (CHE)

 

SUMMARY

 

Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 430 appropriates $15 thousand from the general fund to the Board of regents of Western New Mexico University to provide to training for teachers to use technology and to purchase related equipment, including software and videotapes.

 

Significant Issues

 

If teachers are to use technology effectively, they must be provided “hands-on” training, and this cannot be done unless the teacher training institution has the necessary equipment.  This bill provides fund for the purchase of the type of equipment needed.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $15 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY05 shall revert to the general fund.

 

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

 

This request was not in the list of priority projects submitted to the Commission on Higher Education for review. Consequently, this request was not included in the Commission’s funding recommendations for FY05.

LB/njw