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SPONSOR |
Rainaldi |
DATE TYPED |
2/10/04 |
HB |
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SHORT
TITLE |
WNMU Teacher Technology Training |
SB |
430 |
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ANALYST |
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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FY04 |
FY05 |
FY04 |
FY05 |
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$15.0 |
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Recurring |
General
Fund |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
Relates
to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
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 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.
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