SENATE BILL 70

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Jane M. Garcia

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM USING INTERNATIONAL FILMS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to contract for a program to develop and implement an interdisciplinary international education curriculum using international films for middle school students statewide. The curriculum shall meet state content standards and benchmarks and shall be evaluated to show evidence of academic achievement and global understanding. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.