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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

2/2/04

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE

Community College Joint Software Initiative

SB

365

 

 

ANALYST

Baca

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY04

FY05

FY04

FY05

 

$1,200.0

 

 

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Duplicates HB 191

 

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

 

Responses Received From

Off ice of Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

 

No Response

Commission on Higher Education (CHE)

 

SUMMARY

 

Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Bill 363 appropriates $1.2 million from the general fund to the Community College Board of the Santa Fe Community College to fully implement a joint administrative software initiative that will serve Santa Fe Community College, Northern New Mexico Community College, and New Mexico Junior College.

 

Significant Issues

 

The OCIO reports that  not funding this project will reduce the “interoperability” of these community colleges with the majority of the state’s other colleges and universities in the areas of  an administration and student-services.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $1.2 million 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 proposal was not submitted to the CHE by any one of the three community colleges addressed by this bill. Consequently, the Commission did not review the request.

 

AMENDMENTS

 

The following language is suggested for all new recurring higher education programs and expansion of current programs (assuming that funding will continue beyond FY05):

 

“The institution receiving the appropriation in this bill shall submit a program evaluation to the Legislative Finance Committee and the Commission on Higher Education by August 2007 detailing the benefits to the State of New Mexico from having implemented this program over a three period.”

 

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