HOUSE BILL 543

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Hector H. Balderas

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY FOR A PILOT PROJECT TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP TOTAL IMMERSION LANGUAGE PROGRAMS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands university for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years for a pilot project to design and develop a total immersion English language program in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and a total immersion Spanish language program in Chihuahua, Mexico. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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