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

SPONSOR Chavez

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/21/2007

HB 1057

SHORT TITLE Albuquerque 21

st

Century Community Learning

SB

ANALYST Schuss

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$125.0

Recurring

General

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to: SB 150, SB 694, SB 696, SB 902, HB 844

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 1057 appropriates $125,000 from the general fund to the Public Education

Department for the purpose of after school enrichment programs at the twenty-first century

community learning centers in the Albuquerque Public School District.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $125,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the

general fund.

The LFC remains concerned with funding initiatives outside the funding formula as it tends to

disequalize school funding and diverts funding away from core educational needs.

House Bill 1057 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

PED has included the following information:

The federal 21

st

Century Community Learning Centers program supports the creation of

community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities for children,

particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The programs help

students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects such as reading and

math; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular

academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of

participating children.

21

st

Century grants are awarded for five years. Projects receive a 20% reduction in

funding in year four and a 40% reduction in year five. At the conclusion of the fifth year of

funding, grantees must find or identify new sources of funding to continue their program. The

appropriation, if passed, would supplement federal 21

st

Century funding in APS in FY08.

Of the 377,946 school-age children in New Mexico:

•

19%, or 71,810, are unsupervised after school

•

19%, or 71,810, are able to participate in after-school programs

•

42% of all children not in after-school programs would be likely to participate.

RELATIONSHIP

SB 150, SB 694, SB 696, SB 902, HB 844

These bills all contain appropriations from the general fund for the 21

st

Century Community

Learning Centers.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

PED reports that Federal funding for 21

st

Century grants is temporary; the programs are expected

to become self-sufficient after a five-year period. There are no state-funded 21

st

Century

Community Learning Center programs.

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