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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

1/28/08

HB 373

SHORT TITLE NMSU Pan American Dance Institute

SB

ANALYST Haug

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$200.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 373 appropriates $200.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New

Mexico State University to establish a Pan American Dance Institute.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $200.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any

unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the

general fund.

The HED states that this request was submitted by NMSU to the New Mexico Higher Education

Department (NMHED) for review, but was not included in the Department's Executive funding

recommendations for FY09.

The HED’s evaluation table of FY09 Research and Public Service Projects provided to the LFC

classifies this project as a “would not oppose if funding available" project. Reasons for this

classification decision are not provided. (LFC Report 07-20, Higher Education Department

Review of Selected Research and Public Service Projects, January 12, 2008, Table 4, p74.)

House Bill 373 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

According to the HED, The purpose of the Pan American Dance Institute (PADI) is to develop

learning communities that will support self expression, human development, scholarly inquiry,

and artistic creativity through dance. In order to help attract and retain a diverse student

population at NMSU, the PADI will provide an environment where students are motivated to

learn by associating with a community of learners and being exposed to diverse cultures outside

of their own through the study and presentation of dance. PADI will also create an environment

that embraces the history and cultures of peoples from the North, Central, and South Americas,

and also from the Caribbean. PADI will bring together students from the Latino and Hispanic

communities in areas that are served by NMSU.

The HED notes that the four major goals of PADI are:

•

To provide the highest quality educational and artistic opportunities for students;

•

To support and promote international programs that enrich the lives of students and

members of the NMSU community and beyond;

•

To provide comprehensive and high-quality resources for advanced study and research of

dance and related fields at NMSU; and

•

To locate, renovate, and build venues for rehearsals, performers, choreographers and

historians.

The HED notes further that this initiative would provide professional development opportunities

for dance teachers, professionals, and pre-professionals as international professionals will be

brought in during conferences and other events. Outreach efforts often target children in public

schools throughout the southern portion of the state. The program is categorized under the Arts

and Entertainment industry cluster, which is one of the state’s seven target career clusters.

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