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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

1/26/06

HB

SHORT TITLE Teacher Math and Science Development

SB 451

ANALYST

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$1,000.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to HB 126 and SB 25, Middle School Teacher Science and Math Training, duplicate bills

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 451 appropriates $1,000,000 from the general fund to the Public Education Department (PED)

for expenditure in FY07 to provide teacher professional development summer institutes in mathematics

and science for public school teachers..

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

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

general fund

. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 shall re-

vert to the general fund.

Senate Bill 451 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

In its analysis the PED reports that:

To keep its competitive edge in the global economy, according to National Academy of

Sciences report, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm”, the United States must optimize its

knowledge-based resources, particularly in science and technology. This report, commissioned

by Senator Jeff Bingaman and others, first recommends to “increase America’s talent pool by

vastly improving K-12 science and mathematics education.” An action step under the first rec-

ommendation of this report is to “strengthen the skills of 250,000 teachers through training and

education programs at summer institutes… and thus inspire students every day.”

Furthermore, the Town Hall/Summit on mathematics and science education, held at Glorieta,

New Mexico in November 2005 and convened by the New Mexico Partnership for Math and

Science Education, recommended:

The development and implementation of “a structure for comprehensive longitudinal on-

going professional development for teachers to develop and refine the pedagogical and content

knowledge they need to effectively teach mathematics and science to all students.

Provide teachers with the funding and time they need to participate. Adopt the National

Staff Development Council standards.

Protect dedicated time within the school day for professional development in mathemat-

ics and science”.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The PED reports the bill has no impact on the agency’s performance measures. However, the activities

proposed align to the school support measures to raise student achievement on the criterion-referenced

assessments in mathematics and science and the percent of classes being taught by “highly qualified”

teachers.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The estimated fiscal impact on PED for RFP development, contract oversight, monitoring of ap-

provals and implementation would require 200 hours of staff time per year as follows: Educa-

tion Administrator-A at $25.495 per hour plus benefits (30%) for 140 hours and Office & Ad-

ministrative Support-A at $13.605 per hour plus benefits (30%) for 60 hours at total a cost of

$5,701.28.

DUBLICATION

HB 126 and SB 25 are duplicate bills both titles Middle School Teacher Math and Science Train-

ing. Each bill proposes to appropriate $250,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents

of Northern New Mexico State School for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to provide a program

to train middle school teachers to improve their skills, technical knowledge and teaching tech-

niques in science, mathematics and technology so that middle school teachers are better prepared

to teach students in those subjects.

Senate Bill 451 – Page

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OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The funding in this bill would afford opportunities for teachers to receive additional training in

math and science, two areas in which New Mexico students have consistently scored below na-

tional norms. This is an effort help students acquire the science and math skills needed to suc-

ceed in the modern world’s global economy.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

The proposed training will not be provided.

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