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

SPONSOR Sanchez, M.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2-9-2007

HB

SHORT TITLE Albuquerque School After-School Academies

SB 150

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$100.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to SB82, SB694, and SB 696

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 150 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund for expenditure in FY08 to the

Public Education department to support after-school academies of excellence at twenty-first

century community learning centers in the Albuquerque public schools.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in Senate Bill 150 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.

Grants are awarded for five year terms, with a diminishing amount funded in the final two years.

The Public Education department states that a $100.0 appropriation would supplement federal

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Century funding in APS in FY 08, for the last year of funding for its grant programs.

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

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dis-equalize school funding and diverts funding away from core educational needs.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program was established by Congress to award

grants to rural and inner-city public schools. The program is intended to support the creation of

community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities for children,

particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps

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.

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TECHNICAL ISSUES

Each eligible entity that receives an award from the state may use the funds to carry out a broad

array of before- and after-school activities (including those held during summer recess periods)

to advance student achievement. These activities include:

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U.S. Department of Education; Program Literature, http://www.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/index.html

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U.S. Department of Education; Program Literature, http://www.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/index.html

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Remedial education activities and

academic enrichment learning

programs, including those which

provide additional assistance to

students to allow the students to

improve their academic

achievement;

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Mathematics and science education

activities;

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Arts and music education activities;

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Entrepreneurial education programs;

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Tutoring services, including those

provided by senior citizen

volunteers, and mentoring programs;

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Programs that provide after-school

activities for limited English

proficient (LEP) students and that

emphasize language skills and

academic achievement;

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Recreational activities;

•

Telecommunications and technology

education programs;

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Expanded library service hours;

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Programs that promote parental

involvement and family literacy;

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Programs that provide assistance to

students who have been truant,

suspended, or expelled to allow them

to improve their academic

achievement;

•

Drug and violence prevention

programs;

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Counseling programs; and

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Character education programs.

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OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The Public Education department states that the additional time within an academic environment

can benefit students. Citing that:

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.

QUESTIONS

What is the department’s intention for continued funding of this program in FY09, after the last-

year grant of federal funding.

PD/mt