0001| SENATE BILL 314 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| LINDA M. LOPEZ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM LOCATED | 0012| IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars | 0016| ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state | 0017| department of public education for expenditure in fiscal year | 0018| 1999 for the purpose of funding a family literacy program in | 0019| Bernalillo county that encourages availability of high | 0020| quality, culturally appropriate books; parental involvement | 0021| with the child in providing quality time to read aloud to the | 0022| child; and reinforcement by health professionals that reading | 0023| is essential to the healthy development of the child. Any | 0024| unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of | 0025| fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund. | - 1 -