0001|                           SENATE BILL 257
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          PHILLIP J. MALOOF
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A MEDIA LITERACY PROGRAM STATEWIDE.
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0013|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0014|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--
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0015|               A.  Four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) is appropriated from the
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0016|     general fund to the state department of public education for expenditure in fiscal year 1999
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0017|     for the purpose of conducting a statewide media literacy program including:
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0018|                    (1)  expansion of media literacy as substance abuse prevention;
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0019|                    (2)  dissemination of technology and media literacy programs;
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0020|                    (3)  unique educational CD-ROM technology training;
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0021|                    (4)  support of the Taos talking picture festival media literacy
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0022|     forum;
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0023|                    (5)  increase of Native American media literacy programs;
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0024|                    (6)  development of a comprehensive critical thinking media literacy
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0025|     curriculum;
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0001|                    (7)  enhancing the "empowering parents of young children"
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0002|     program;
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0003|                    (8)  expanding free training for rural and disadvantaged groups;
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0004|                    (9)  extending training programs;
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0005|                    (10)  evaluating the programs; and
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0006|                    (11)  continuing building educational programs.  
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0007|               B.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0008|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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