SENATE BILL 348

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2021

INTRODUCED BY

Gerald Ortiz y Pino and Meredith Dixon

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE INTENSIVE, SHORT-TERM BOOT CAMP TRAINING FOR UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED WORKERS TO IMPROVE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STATEWIDE.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Three million dollars ($3,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the higher education department for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 through 2024 for central New Mexico community college to develop and operate intensive, short-term boot camp training for unemployed and underemployed workers to improve long-term economic and workforce development statewide. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2024 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. The appropriation shall be used to:

                (1) offer boot camp tuition waivers to high-need learners;

                (2) offer living stipends to high-need learners, enabling those who are unemployed or underemployed to cover living expenses, including rent, child care, transportation and food, while being trained in high-need technical skills that lead to well-paying jobs in New Mexico;

                (3) develop new boot camp programs and maintain existing boot camp programs to remain agile and responsive to the emerging needs of New Mexico employers and to attract out-of-state employers to New Mexico;

                (4) license boot camp curricula to other nonprofit educational organizations and institutions of higher education in New Mexico; and

                (5) cover indirect costs incurred by central New Mexico community college while developing, delivering and managing boot camps.

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