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

SPONSOR Ortiz y Pino

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

3/7/2007

HB

SHORT TITLE Community School in Public Schools

SJM 27

ANALYST Aguilar

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY07

FY08

FY09 3 Year

Total Cost

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

$13.0

$13.0 Nonrecurring General

Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates HJM 30, Relates to HB 844, HB 870, HB 1057, SB 694, SB 969

Relates to appropriations contained in the General appropriations Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Memorial 27 requests that the Public Education Department, in conjunction with the

Children’s Cabinet, study the creation and operation of community schools in public schools.

The joint memorial requests a report be submitted to the Legislature with findings and

recommendations by December 1, 2007.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The House Appropriations and Finance Committee substitute for House Bills 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9

as amended by the Senate Finance Committee contains $1.5 million for this type of program.

If enacted, SJM 27 would require additional staff time by the PED to coordinate with the

Children’s Cabinet participants in the study, who will include the Funding Formula Study Task

Force and its contractor, the American Institutes for Research, public schools, local governments

and community stakeholders in rural, urban and suburban school districts. The department

estimates $13 thousand will be needed to support the effort included in the joint memorial.

Senate Joint Memorial 27 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The proposed study will include the following:

•

identification of the challenges and problems New Mexico faces in reaching its

educational goals

•

identification of community schools programs and funding for such programs already in

existence, such as municipal and county governments, foundations and other private-

sector groups

•

assessment of how those programs are addressing problems in their public schools and

communities

•

evaluation of strengths and weakness of existing programs

•

review of community school models in other states

•

identification of key dimensions to implementing community schools in New Mexico,

including program models, core activities, cost per student, governance and partnership

models and staffing patterns

•

costs of implementing community schools in New Mexico and funding sources other

than public school funding and

•

consideration of state policies that are needed to implement community schools in New

Mexico.

One such community school model is the federal 21

st

Century Community Learning Centers

program, which 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, beginning with $500.0 in the first year. Projects

receive a 20% reduction in funding in year four and a 40% reduction in year five. Each grantee

is required to implement a financial sustainability plan. A number of bills have been introduced

to cover the reductions included in the program.

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