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

SPONSOR Maestas

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/31/2007

2/6/2007 HB 273/aHEC

SHORT TITLE UNM College Mentoring Program

SB

ANALYST McOlash

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$198.8

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to SB 129, SB 337, SB 381, and SB 406.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED)

University of New Mexico (UNM)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of HEC Amendment

The House Education Committee amendment changes the bills official title from “An Act

Making an Appropriation to the University of New Mexico to Create a College Mentoring

Program" to “An Act Making an Appropriation to the University of New Mexico to Create a

Mentoring Institute."

Synopsis of Original Bill

House Bill 273 appropriates $198,800 from the General Fund to the Regents of UNM for

expenditure in FY 2008 to create a college mentoring program.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $198,800 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2008 shall revert to the

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General Fund. According to a UNM analysis, the appropriation of $198,800 contained in this bill

is comprised of a recurring expense of $151,800 for personnel and a non-recurring expense of

$47,000 to support mentoring program activities. The program activities expenses would more

properly be classified as recurring.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The University appears to have a number of mentoring programs at various levels including but

not limited to:

•

ENLACE (Engaging Latin American Communities for Education).puts UNM students in

Albuquerque middle and high schools to help teens find their way through the hazards of

school and life. More than 490 middle and high school students have have participated in

the program since it began in 1999.

•

The UNM College Enrichment Program (CEP) offers unique opportunities for

upperclassmen to participate in a mentoring program.

•

The Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color program is a student-run initiative that began

during the 2002 fall semester.

The proposed Mentoring Institute could provide a centralized effort

to recruit, train, network

existing mentoring programs, develop and implement certification process for all qualified

mentors for students, staff and faculty at UNM. The University acknowledges a need to

standardize and centralize the mentoring that takes place within the University to ensure the

training and quality of services being delivered to UNM and the surrounding community.

This proposal was submitted for review to the HED by UNM, but was not included in the

Department’s funding recommendation for FY08.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

Measurable Outcomes reported by UNM:

•

Increase student achievement as measured by GPA, retention, and graduation rates.

•

Improve engagement through increased participation in mentoring programs at all levels.

•

Enhance student, faculty/staff and community experience of UNM as a supportive

welcoming campus environment, measured by increased mentorship programs.

•

Increase in participation in the Mentoring Institute’s training sessions, workshops,

referrals, networking, and positive growth of existing programs.

Evaluation: The evaluation will be performed by Institute staff with data provided by the

University office of Research and tracking of current base line data and the changes in on that

data on a bi-annual and annual basis.

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CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

SB 129 – appropriates $2.0 million to the Local Government Division (DFA) to expand youth

mentoring programs in unserved and underserved counties.

SB 337 – conceptual duplicate of SB 129

SB 381 – appropriates, among other projects, $25,000 to UNM for college preparation and

mentoring.

SB 406 – appropriates $150,000 to UNM to support college preparatory and mentoring.

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