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

SPONSOR Taylor, J

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/24/2008

HB

SHORT TITLE NMSU Women’s Soccer Coach

SB 299

ANALYST McOlash

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$90.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

New Mexico Higher Education Department (NMHED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 299 appropriates $90,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Regents of New

Mexico State University for expenditure if FY 09 for salaries and benefits for a women’s soccer

team head coach and one assistant coach.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $90,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 09 shall revert to the

General Fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The NMHED’s analysis reports:

According to the NMSU Athletic Director, the purpose of SB299 is to fund the

salaries of two women’s soccer coaches as part of the University’s compliance

with Title 9, (1972 Amendment Act) gender equity plan. The plan is to have a

women’s soccer team by fall of 2009 Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The

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new coaches would require advance time to recruit and train athletes by fall of

2009 for the part time program. The salary breakdown is as follows: Head coach

would be hired full time as early as July 1, 2008 at an average salary (according to

WAC) of $45,000 plus benefits. The Assistant coach would be hired in the fall of

2008 at approximately $30,000 plus benefits. The Department is committed to be

in compliance with Title 9.

This request was not submitted by NMSU to the New Mexico Higher Education

Department for review and is not included in the Department’s funding

recommendation for FY09.

ALTERNATIVES

Funding from other sources.

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