HOUSE BILL 144

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Christine Trujillo and Linda M. Lopez

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO TRAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WITHIN A PROGRAM FOR BRAIN EDUCATION TO FOSTER STUDENT FOCUS, MINDFULNESS AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2020 to train public school teachers statewide within a program for brain education to foster student focus, mindfulness and emotional wellness. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2020 shall revert to the general fund.

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