0001|                           SENATE BILL 366
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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|                             CYNTHIA NAVA
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EARLY CHILDHOOD-FAMILY
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0012|     SUPPORT AND EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  A new section of the Public School Code is
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0016|     enacted to read:
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0017|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] EARLY CHILDHOOD-FAMILY SUPPORT AND
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0018|     EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM.--
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0019|               A.  The department of education, upon approval of
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0020|     an application, shall distribute money to those school
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0021|     districts that address the following program elements:
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0022|                    (1)  implementation or augmentation of before-
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0023|     and after-school programs for children ages five through
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0024|     eight;
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0025|                    (2)  implementation or augmentation of
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0001|     programs addressing the educational needs and family support
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0002|     needs of children ages five through eight; and
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0003|                    (3)  implementation or augmentation of job
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0004|     skills and leadership development for mothers and fathers of
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0005|     participants who are recipients of federal and state support.
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0006|               B.  In applying for funding, school districts shall
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0007|     establish partnerships with local community-based public and 
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0008|     private programs.  Each funded application shall include and
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0009|     demonstrate a family involvement component that is based on
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0010|     family support principles for each of the program elements
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0011|     described in Subsection A of this section.  School districts
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0012|     shall maintain fiscal agent responsibility in a partnership.
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0013|               C.  The program shall reflect the employment and
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0014|     economic development needs of the local community and
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0015|     encompass health, safety and nutrition.  The program shall
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0016|     support the educational and developmental needs of children,
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0017|     address cultural diversity and provide family support.
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0018|               D.  By July 1, 1998, the department of education
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0019|     shall develop guidelines for the application process,
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0020|     disseminate those guidelines to all school districts and
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0021|     provide technical assistance in developing applications.  The
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0022|     department, in partnership with other agencies and interested
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0023|     persons, shall define application criteria inclusive of at-
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0024|     risk indicators, quality performance indicators and benchmarks
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0025|     that ensure positive results for participants and provide
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0001|     strong accountability measures for the public.  
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0002|               E.  A phase-in process may be instituted by a
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0003|     school district to develop the needed coordination with local
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0004|     community-based public and private programs and other
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0005|     resources."
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0006|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATIONS.--
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0007|               A.  Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is
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0008|     appropriated from the general fund to the state department of
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0009|     public education for expenditure in fiscal years 1998 and 1999
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0010|     to develop and disseminate application guidelines and
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0011|     otherwise carry out the administration of Section 1 of this
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0012|     act.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the
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0013|     end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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0014|               B.  One million dollars ($1,000,000) is
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0015|     appropriated from the general fund and six million dollars
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0016|     ($6,000,000) is appropriated from federal funds available
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0017|     through the federal Personal Responsibility and Work
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0018|     Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to the state department
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0019|     of public education for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 and
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0020|     subsequent fiscal years to carry out the early childhood-
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0021|     family support and education training program.  Any unexpended
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0022|     or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year 
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0023|     shall not revert to the general fund.
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