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

SPONSOR Arnold-Jones

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

03/23/07

HB 883

SHORT TITLE UNM College Prep Mentoring Programs

SB

ANALYST Williams

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$100.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Senate Bill 539

Appropriations in House Bill 2

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 883 appropriates $100.0 thousand from the general fund to the board of regents of the

University of New Mexico (UNM) for college preparatory mentoring programs at the UNM

School of Law for students in grades eight to twelve in the Albuquerque Public School system.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $100.0 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall

revert to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

HED notes the request was not included in the UNM request for higher education funding for FY 08,

and was not recommended by HED for funding.

House Bill 883 – Page

2

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

What performance measures would be available to determine program outcomes.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The UNM School of Law has developed a mentoring program in conjunction with the ENLACE

(Engaging Latino Communities in Education) organization for students in grades 8-12 attending

Albuquerque Public Schools (APS). The purpose is to stimulate student interest in the field of law.

The high schools participating in the ENLACE program are Albuquerque, Valley and West Mesa.

The mentoring program at the UNM School of Law will serve approximately 520 students in

Albuquerque by involving the following four middle schools and three high schools: Garfield Middle

School, Taft Middle School, Truman Middle School, Washington Middle School, Albuquerque High

School, Valley High School and West Mesa High School.

As well, students who participate in the mentor program will be exposed to team-building and

leadership activities at a summer Youth Development conference.

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