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

SPONSOR Lujan, B.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/10/06

HB 754

SHORT TITLE Substance & Child Abuse Prevention Training

SB

ANALYST Lewis

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

50.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to HB396/SB575 (Substance & Child Abuse Prevention Programs in Las Vegas, Wagon

Mound and Mora).

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Health (DOH)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 754 appropriates $50,000 from the general fund to the Public Education Department

for training in substance abuse and child abuse prevention and intervention strategies in the Po-

joaque Valley School District.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $50,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert

to the general fund.

The Public Education Department (PED) notes that

the executive recommendation provides

$50,000 for domestic violence programs in schools.

House Bill 754 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

According to the Public Education Department (PED),

PED received $47,500 during the 2005

legislative session for training in prevention and intervention strategies in substance and child

abuse in Pojoaque Valley.

According to the Department of Health (DOH),

the Pojoaque Valley Middle School currently

receives substance abuse prevention services through a DOH contract with the Santa Fe Com-

munity College (SFCC) in the amount of $148,187 for fiscal year 2006. SFCC conducts a na-

tionally recognized Exemplary Program, “Connecting to Courage,” which helps develops life

skills in youth 11-14 years of age.

DOH suggests that additional funds allocated for Pojoaque Valley School District substance and

child abuse prevention training would need to be coordinated with existing programs and ser-

vices. Currently, behavioral health services are provided as part of the Behavioral Health Pur-

chasing Collaborative. The Interagency Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative is charged

with overseeing all publicly funded behavioral health services. If HB 754 is enacted, the appro-

priation could be included in the funds administered by the Behavioral Health Collaborative.

PED reports that, according to the 2003 Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS):

76% of New Mexico youth had a drink of alcohol.

51% reported that they had had a drink of alcohol during the previous 30 days.

The number of adolescents who reported having had at least one drink of alcohol on school

property doubled from 7% in 2001 to 14% in 2003.

On a national level in 2003, 40% of U.S. high school students had used marijuana and 9%

had used some form of cocaine in their lifetime.

29% reported that they used marijuana within the last 30 days.

7% reported that they used inhalants (glue, aerosol spray can contents, paints, etc.) within the

last 30 days.

According to the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence (

http://www.nmcadv.org

)

and

United Way of Central New Mexico (

http://www.uwcnm.org

):

There were 4,463 children present at the scene of family violence episodes in 2004.

75% of children who witnessed domestic violence incidents were 11 years old and under.

34% of the children victim-witnesses were between 0-5 and 41% were age 6-11.

30% of children victim-witnesses as reported by domestic violence service providers experi-

enced physical abuse and 5% experienced sexual abuse.

Children suffer several types of abuse, all harmful to their physical and emotional develop-

ment and all requiring intervention. National statistics in 1996 break down in the following

percentages:

o

Neglect

5%

o

Physical Abuse 2%

o

Other

1%

o

Sexual Abuse

1%

o

Emotional Abuse 6%

o

Medical Neglect 3%

“Other” includes cases such as abandonment, congenital drug addiction, educational neglect

and other situations endangering a child. Children may be the victims of more than one type

of maltreatment.

House Bill 754 – Page

3

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

PED suggests that this appropriation might affect and positively impact school attendance and

graduation rates for the Pojoaque Valley Schools.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

PED notes that it is the administrative agency for this bill, and estimates that it would take ap-

proximately 80 hours of technical assistance by an Education Administrator A ($25.495 x 80 hrs

+ 30% Benefits = $2,651). This can be done with existing staff.

QUESTIONS

Funds appropriated by HB396/SB575 (Substance & Child Abuse Prevention Programs) are in-

tended to serve as matching funds for a federal grant to provide counseling services for substance

abuse prevention and child abuse prevention in Las Vegas City Public Schools, Wagon Mound

Public Schools and Mora Independent Schools. Might a similar federal grant be available for the

Pojoaque Valley School District program as well.

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