HOUSE CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST 238 
                                
                      STATE OF NEW MEXICO
            43RD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION, 1998

                           REQUESTED BY
                            FRANK BIRD            





FOR TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

     I request that the following capital outlay projects be funded:

                    to the extended learning fund:
          
                    four million dollars ($4,000,000) to purchase equipment and provide
          infrastructure in support of the extended learning initiative;

                    to the educational television equipment replacement fund:
     
                    one million three hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars ($1,327,000) for the
          purpose of purchasing and providing improvements of broadcasting equipment;
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                    to the educational technology fund:
     
                    eleven million eight hundred thousand dollars ($11,800,000) to purchase
          equipment and provide infrastructure for voice and data connectivity for New
          Mexico public schools; and

                    to the general services department:
     
                    eight million dollars ($8,000,000) to upgrade the state's communication system
          to digital.