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

SPONSOR Madalena

DATE TYPED 2/28/05

HB 1069

SHORT TITLE American Indian Institute Public Education

SB

ANALYST Weber

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

$95.0

Recurring General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Indian Affairs (DIA)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 1069 appropriates $95 thousand from the general fund to the Department of Indian

Affairs to support the public education program of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska

native culture and arts development.

Significant Issues

The Department of Indian Affairs contributes the following.

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is a Tribal College that has been serving Santa Fe

and the nation for more than 40 years. Their mission is dedicated to the study, creative applica-

tion, and contemporary expression of American Indian and Alaska Native arts and cultures.

While their mission is to deliver arts and indigenous education to their students, their mission

also has a public education and cultural development focus to the community at large. The IAIA

has a public lecture series featuring prominent internationally renowned indigenous scholars, art-

ists, writers and art historians who give lectures on diverse topics related to indigenous issues.

Also, with public education programming in the IAIA museum, the public is exposed to many

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thought provoking exhibits of contemporary art.

The Department of Indian Affairs is aware that this funding would be used for indigenous arts

education and public education at the IAIA Museum, at the Institute’s Life Long Learning Cen-

ter, and off-site at different reservation locations.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $95 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY06 shall revert to

the general fund.

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