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

SPONSOR:	Wilson		DATE TYPED:	03/05/99		HB
SHORT TITLE:		Healthy Kids Act				SB	259
					ANALYST:		Woodlee

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY99	FY2000	FY99	FY2000	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
	$ 0.0

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

REVENUE

Estimated Revenue		Subsequent Years Impact	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY99	FY2000	Subsequent Years Impact	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
	$ 10,400.0		Recurring	Other State Funds

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

Relates to Senate Bill 185 and House Bill 159

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

State Department of Education

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 259 would establish the "Healthy Kids Act," a new section of the Public School Code. The bill requires all public middle schools and junior high schools in New Mexico to have intramural and interscholastic sports programs.

Significant Issues

By the 2000-01 school year, all middle schools and junior high schools will have to offer at least one intramural and one interscholastic sport for each boys and girls. By 2004-05 school year, this number must increase to two sports for each boys and girls.

The bill allows schools to phase in the programs based on the school's facilities and the time it will take to acquire and construct the necessary sports infrastructure. The program must be phased in completely by the second year of offering.

The bill also stipulates the facilities are to be open year round, including weekends and evenings. The school is responsible for provided adult supervision, who do not have to be teachers.

Finally, the bill requires each school district to submit a five-year sports development plan for each middle school and junior high school to the State Department of Education by August 1.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The bill creates the "sports fund" from gaming tax revenue, legislative appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, bequests, and interest earned on investments from the fund.

The gaming tax revenue in the amount of 40% of the net receipts attributed to the gaming tax. This amount would pay for capital and program costs. The bill appoints the State Department of Education as the agency to administer the fund at no more than 2% for administrative costs.

The gaming tax is estimated to generate $26,000.0 next fiscal year. This would give the Sports Fund $10,400.0 for FY00.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The State Department of Education indicates that they will require and additional FTE with the following duties:

•develop a district sport development plan process;
•manage and distribute sports fund dollars; and
•develop and operate a process to develop and maintain a priority list for funding capital and programmatic costs.

CONFLICT/DUPLICATION/COMPANIONSHIP/RELATIONSHIP

Relates to Senate Bill 185 and House Bill 159, both titled, "Middle School Initiative Act."

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