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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Stapleton		DATE TYPED:	2/22/99		HB	373
SHORT TITLE:		Zia Elementary Family Focus Center				SB
					ANALYST:		Fernandez/Dunbar

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY99	FY2000	FY99	FY2000	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
	$ 100.0			Rec	GF

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

State Department of Education

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

The bill appropriates $100.0 from the general fund to the State Department of Education in fiscal year 2000 to provide programs and services at the Family Focus Center at Zia Elementary School in Albuquerque. These programs include adult an evening classes, programs for pre-school children, mentoring programs, latch-key care, homeless outreach, and English as a Second Language program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 reverts to the GF.

Significant Issues

The bill addresses the needs of elementary schools in NM that effect student success. Also, this program would assist TANF recipients making the transition from welfare to work.

The following summary lists the benefits of the program:

parents of elementary students can benefit from academic language classes to improve marketable skills
after-school care is critical for working parents ( especially single parents)
pre-school programs raise academic achievement levels and prevent school dropouts
homeless outreach programs assists in retaining homeless students in the classroom
a bilingual program increases the parents ability to participate in the children education

There is no community center in the neighborhood to provide these services.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

A new project would be created for SDE. SDE specifies that the current staff can handle the project if a significant number of other special projects are not approved.

CF:BD/njw