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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Gutierrez
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/15/07
HB 963
SHORT TITLE NMHU Summer Drama Program
SB
ANALYST Guambaña
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$55.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Reponses Received From
Higher Education Department (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 963 appropriates $55,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Regents of New
Mexico State University (NMSU) to fund a summer drama program.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $55,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 08 shall revert to the
General Fund.
Per HED, this request was not submitted by NMSU to the Department for review and is not
included in their recommendation for FY 08.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
HED notes that NMSU has two programs which focus on K-12 education: the Theatre of Young
Audiences (TFYA) Program and Children’s Theatre Workshop (CTW). CTW is an after-school
and summer drama program for 1
st
-8
th
grade students. From September through May, CTW