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

SPONSOR B. Sanchez

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/22/08

HB

SHORT TITLE Enlace Program At Certain Colleges

SB 58

ANALYST Haug

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$2,000.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 58 appropriates $2,000.0 from the general fund to the Higher Education Department

for equal distribution to the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, San Juan

College, Santa Fe Community College and Clovis Community College for the ENLACE

program.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $2,000.0 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.

This request was not submitted to the New Mexico Higher Education Department for review and

is not included in the Department’s funding recommendation for FY09.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The HED states that:

Senate Bill 58 – Page

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ENgaging LAtino Communities for Education (ENLACE) is a student program in

which New Mexico college and universities in collaboration with local high schools and

middle schools partner to develop a college preparation program for underachieving

students who are often the first from their families to attend college.

•

ENLACE is a model for increasing Latino student success in the K-16 educational

pipeline. Program partners work together to increase opportunities for Latino youth in

college preparation, access, retention, and graduation.

•

The ENLACE program was created and funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for four

years. When the four-year grant came to an end in 2005, the New Mexico Legislature

voted to sustain implementation activities. The New Mexico Higher Education

Department administers funding for ENLACE services.

•

Working with parents, students, and teaching staff, the ENLACE staff have created

programs in communities and worked together to train teachers and tutors. For example,

in Northern New Mexico over 300 high school and college students and 700 middle

school students are becoming student leaders with college plans. The high school

students are serving as tutors, mentors, and facilitators for younger students, helping them

learn study skills and modeling habits required for high school and college success.

The PED notes that the ENLACE program will help with PED performance standards

concerning dropouts and closing the achievement gap for Hispanic or Latino students. This

legislation will address the PED’s performance measure focusing on the percent of No Child Left

Behind Act annual measurable objectives for Adequate Yearly Progress.

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