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

SPONSOR Gonzales, R.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-8-06

HB 452

SHORT TITLE Taos Summerbridge Academy Program

SB

ANALYST Segura

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$57.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

House Bill 452 appropriates $57.0 from the general fund to PED to support the Summerbridge

Academy for the Taos Municipal Schools.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

House Bill 452 appropriates $57.0 from the general fund and is recurring. The appropriation is

for FY 2006 and FY 2007. Any unexpended funds remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 will

revert to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

According to PED, this is an experimental summer academic program designed to help students

prepare for the next school year. This program targets students from the second to seventh

grades who have been identified with problems in math and language arts.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The PED indicates there is a relationship to the reform initiatives under Rural Education and the

measures under reading/language arts and mathematics.

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