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

SPONSOR Campos

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/3/2006

HB

SHORT TITLE NNSU National Youth Sports Program

SB 694

ANALYST Earp

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$95.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Senate Bills 687, 688, 693, 696

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED)

New Mexico State University (NMSU)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 694 appropriates $95,000 from the general fund to New Mexico State University

(NMSU) for the university to participate in a national youth sports program.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $95,000 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.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

This request was not on the list of priority projects submitted by the NMSU to the New Mexico

Higher Education Department (NMHED) for review and was not included in the department’s

fiscal year 2007 funding recommendation to the Legislature.

Senate Bill 694 – Page

2

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The administrative impact of this legislation would fall on NMSU.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

This bill is related to Senate Bills 687, 688, 693 and 696 which appropriate fund for this program

to New Mexico Highlands University, Luna Community College, University of New Mexico and

New Mexico State School, respectively.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

Information provided by NMSU indicates that the proposed funding would enable NMSU to

conduct a National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) project on the campus for economically dis-

advantaged youth. The NYSP project at NMSU would provide qualified personnel, facilities and

services necessary for instruction, skills training and competition in a variety of sports activities

designed to improve physical fitness and health habits and exposure to educational and career

opportunities. Ninety percent of the enrollees must be economically disadvantaged. Participants

receive, at no cost to them, medical screening, daily transportation and nutritious meals.

HED provided information stating that the National Youth Sports Program Fund (NYSP Fund),

d.b.a. National Youth Sports Corporation (NYSC) is a nonprofit organization established to ad-

minister more than 200 NYSP nationwide projects. The NYSC receives a federal grant from the

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as support from the U.S. Department of

Agriculture and the NCAA. The NYSC distributes subgrants to selected institutions of higher

education that provide qualified personnel, facilities, and services necessary to instruction, skills

training, and competition in a variety of sport activities designed to improve physical fitness and

health habits, and exposure to educational and career opportunities. In addition, participants re-

ceive, at no cost to them, a medical screening, daily transportation, and nutritious meals.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

Has NNSU offered this program in previous years. If so, how was it funded.

Would the requested appropriation be used to contract for program delivery with National Youth

Sports Corporation, or would the funds be used to cover institutional costs related to program

delivery.

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