SENATE BILL 165

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

Michael Padilla

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ENHANCE CERTAIN SUMMER AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--

          A. Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2023 to enhance six-week summer schools and out-of-school time programming by including literacy and mathematics enrichment, social-emotional learning, physical wellness and swimming, life and career skills and individualized tutoring for students from under-resourced families in kindergarten through twelfth grade who attend public schools in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the general fund.

          B. Participating public schools shall report on the effect of enhanced funding on academic achievement and student and family engagement to the secretary of public education and the legislative education study committee by October 1, 2024.

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