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Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

State Department of Education

LFC

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

The bill appropriates $550.0 from the general fund to the State Department of Education for expenditure in FY 2000 for the purpose of increasing and expanding school-based human services to school children and families in the fourteen school areas of the Rio Grande High School cluster collaborative in Bernalillo County.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 reverts to the GF.

Significant Issues

The Rio Grande High School cluster area is notably economically depressed and the children and their families would benefit from school-based human services .

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

SDE responsibilities for this project include:

• review and verify reimbursement claims
• review and verify cash requests
• initiate contracts or budgets

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

SDE indicates that the project would require additional staff.

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