SENATE BILL 561

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

INTRODUCED BY

Cynthia Nava

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE; INCREASING THE BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM UNIT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     Section 1. Section 22-8-22 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974, Chapter 8, Section 13, as amended) is amended to read:

     "22-8-22. BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM UNITS.--The number of bilingual multicultural education program units is determined by multiplying the full-time-equivalent MEM in programs implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act by the cost differential factor 0.35, effective July 1, 1990; 0.4, effective July 1, 1991; .425, effective July 1, 1992; 0.45, effective July 1, 1993; [and] 0.5, effective July 1, 1994; and 0.8, effective July 1, 2005."

     Section 2. APPROPRIATION.--Twenty-one million one hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($21,157,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public school fund for distribution through the state equalization guarantee for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 to increase the bilingual multicultural program unit. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall not revert to the general fund.

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