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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
2/23/2007
HB 905/aHEC
SHORT TITLE Las Vegas-Area Shared Grant-Writer Position
SB
ANALYST Aguilar
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$75.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Public Education Department (PED)
Higher Education Department (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HEC Amendment
The House Education Amendment to House Bill 905 provides that the grant-writer will be
housed at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU), makes technical changes to language,
removes NMHU as one of the institutions the grant writer will serve and adds Luna Community
College to the list of institutions served.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
It is unclear as to the reason NMHU will not be served by this grant writer but will house the
position.
Synopsis of Original Bill
House Bill 905 appropriates $75 thousand from the general fund to Public Education Department
for the purpose of funding a grant-writer position to serve the two school districts in Las Vegas,
New Mexico Highlands University, the city of Las Vegas and San Miguel County.