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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/29/06

HB 538

SHORT TITLE 21

st

Century Community Learning Centers

SB

ANALYST Baca

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$4,782.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates SB 399

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 538 appropriates $4,782,000 from the general fund to the Public Education Depart-

ment for expenditure in FY07 to continue and maintain the quality after-school programs of the

Twenty First Century Community Learning Centers program (21stCCLC).

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $4,782,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 shall revert to the gen-

eral fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

According to the PED:

House Bill 538 -page

2

Currently New Mexico has 29 21

st

CCLC projects with a total allocation of just under $9

million in federal awards to school districts, community-based and faith-based organiza-

tions to provide extended learning opportunities and ensure student safety after school.

19 projects are in the third year of the five-year grant and 10 are in the second year of the

five-year grant. It has been recommended by the USDE that there be a decrease in the

continuation awards during the fourth and fifth years of the projects to encourage grant-

ees to work toward sustainability by obtaining a portion of the continuation funding from

other sources.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The PED will continue to administer program.

DUPLICATION

The Executive’s recommendation for the School Improvement Framework ($10,429,262) in-

cludes an appropriation for extended day programs in the amount of $2,000,000.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

According to the PED, if this bill is not enacted:

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sustainability funding of $1,196,869 for 19 projects in the fourth year will operate at a

20% decrease,

•

implementing the10 proposed new after-school projects with average funding of

$300,000 each will be possible.

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