HOUSE BILL 778

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Ben Lujan

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A SUMMER LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY ACADEMY TO PROVIDE COLLEGE PREPARATION AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR NATIVE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 to contract for the continued provision of a summer leadership and public policy academy that provides college preparation and leadership training for Native American high school students and involves a partnership between the Santa Fe Indian school and Harvard and Princeton universities. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall revert to the general fund.