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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Barela
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/22/2008
HB 124
SHORT TITLE Los Lunas High School Redesign
SB
ANALYST Aguilar
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
$650.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to HB3
Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Public Education Department (PED)
Higher Education Department (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 124 appropriates $650 thousand from the general fund to Public Education
Department for a college readiness and high school redesign initiative in the Los Lunas school
district.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $650 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general
fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year shall revert
to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The Public Education Department reports that the Los Lunas Schools conducted an educational
audit using independent educational consultants. The result was a report which served as the
foundation for a community-wide High School Summit of 200-plus community participants.