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

SPONSOR Cravens

DATE TYPED 2-15-05

HB

SHORT TITLE Elementary School DWI Education Programs

SB 357

ANALYST Segura

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

$2,000.0

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 357 appropriates $2,000,000 to expand DWI education programs in grades 4-12 and

contract with programs or advocacy groups that provide an evidence-based curriculum.

Significant Issues

School districts receive Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools’ federal funding that can be utilized

to provide evidence-based DWI curriculum.

PED reports the following facts related to the impact of DWI:

•

According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),

in 2003, 17,013 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes-an average of one almost

every half-hour. These deaths constituted approximately 40 percent of the 42,642 total

traffic fatalities.

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•

In 2003, there were a total of 439 traffic deaths in New Mexico, with 198 or 45% alcohol

related.

•

In New Mexico, 41.4% of high school students reported in the Youth Risk and Resiliency

Survey that they had their first drink of alcohol at age 13 or younger and half of the stu-

dents reported having at least one drink of alcohol in the previous month.

•

65% of 8

th

–graders and 84% of 10

th

graders believe that alcohol is readily available to

them for consumption.

•

Almost 20% of 8

th

graders and 42 % of 10

th

graders have been drunk at least once.

•

The total cost attributable to the consequences of underage drinking was more than $53

billion per year in 1998 dollars.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

According to PED, Senate Bill 357 could assist schools in meeting a portion of the Health Edu-

cation Content Standards.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

Senate Bill 357 appropriates $2,000,000 from the general fund and is recurring.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

PED would monitor the implementation of the program.

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