SENATE BILL 618

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

INTRODUCED BY

Linda M. Lopez and Patricia Roybal Caballero

AN ACT

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MULTICULTURAL PROGRAMMING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATIONS.--

          A. The following amounts are appropriated to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2020 for the following purposes:

                (1) two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for the Africana studies program to support African American leadership development, community-based engagement, Africana studies development and high school curriculum development;

                (2) two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for the Chicana-Chicano studies department to support leadership development, community-based engagement, the graduate program and high school curriculum development;

                (3) two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for the Native American studies department to support leadership development, community-based engagement, the graduate program and high school curriculum development; and

                (4) two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for the southwest Hispanic research institute to support faculty leadership development, research initiatives, publications and scholarship and community-based engagement.

          B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2020 shall revert to the general fund.

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