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

SPONSOR Robinson

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/8/06

HB

SHORT TITLE UNM Special Student Projects

SB 428

ANALYST Hoffmann

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$120.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Senate Bill 440.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 428 appropriates $120,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of the Uni-

versity of New Mexico to support the Special Programs Office. The appropriation allocates

$35,000 for minority graduate recruitment and retention, $35,000 for youth recreation and reten-

tion, $25,000 for youth leadership and development, and $25,000 for college preparation and

mentoring.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $120,000 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.

Senate Bill 428 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

According to the Higher Education Department, the projects in this proposal were submitted to

HED for review. The projects were not included for the Department's Research, Public Service,

and Special Programs funding recommendation for FY07.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

This is related to Senate Bill 440, which appropriates $150,000 to the university's Special Pro-

grams Office for implementation of college preparatory mentoring programs for eighth graders

in the Albuquerque public school system.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The Public Education Department provided the following information.

The special project at UNM in youth recreation and education is a year-round program that is

directed at elementary, middle and high school students involved with the Upward Bound and

Engaging Latino Communities for Education (ENLACE) programs. These programs focus on

promoting higher education by stressing career opportunities that advanced training and educa-

tion can provide students. This message is delivered through college preparation classes and

campus orientation tours. Currently, there are 400 students involved in the program with the

goal being to increase the retention rate of students enrolled in higher education, resulting in im-

proved GPA and graduation rates.

The youth leadership and development special project at UNM is a transitional program from

high school to college. This is a collaborative with TVI, UNM and the Albuquerque Public

Schools (APS) that allows entering freshmen the opportunity to take introductory level or reme-

dial level classes in math and reading as preparatory classes to ensure academic success. There

is a 97 percent graduation rate for students enrolled in this youth leadership and development

special project (UNM Special Projects Program).

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