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

SPONSOR Lopez

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/31/08

HB

SHORT TITLE South Valley After - School Programs

SB 481

ANALYST Cox

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$150.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 481 requests an appropriation of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) from

the General Fund to the Public Education Department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to

match funds directed to sustaining after-school enrichment programs in Albuquerque's South

Valley.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) 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.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

PED notes:

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Century Community Learning Centers federal grant funding is provided to grantees for a

period of five years. The purpose of 21

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Century Community Learning Centers is to provide

opportunities for academic enrichment, including tutorial services to help students in high-

poverty areas and those who attend low-performing schools meet state and local student

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performance standards in core academic subjects such as reading and mathematics. 21

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Century

Community Learning Centers are also required to provide a broad array of youth development

activities and parent literacy for parents of students who attend them. The appropriation of

$150.0 would supplement federal funding and would allow after-school enrichment programs at

21

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Century Community Learning Centers in the South Valley of Albuquerque to sustain their

current after-school 21

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Community Learning Center services. It would also allow new centers

to be opened in order to expand these services to additional students

.

Currently there are twenty-nine 21

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Century Community Learning Center Programs in New

Mexico. The New Mexico Legislature appropriated $1,500.0 in 2007 for 21

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Century

Community Learning Centers across the state. In 2007 schools in the South Valley of

Albuquerque received a state appropriation for $30.0 to be expended in 2008. Schools in the

South Valley of Albuquerque have a 2008 federal appropriation in the amount of $258.0.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

House Bill 481 is related to HB 425 and HB 427 and Executive recommendation of $3,500,000

for after-school enrichment program in public school support. HB 427 (related bill) appropriates

$75,000 to the PED to supplement federal funds for After School Enrichment Programs at 21

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Century Community Learning Centers in the South Valley of Bernalillo County.

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