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

SPONSOR:	King		DATE TYPED:	02/01/02		HB	109
SHORT TITLE:		Future Teachers Program				SB
					ANALYST:		Baca

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

$300.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates SB 125

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Commission on Higher Education (CHE)

State Department of Education (SDE)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 109 appropriates $300.0 from the general fund to the SDE and directs it to design and implement a program to recruit, mentor and prepare public school students and public university students to follow a career in teaching.

Significant Issues

SDE is to develop a plan for students in grades six through post-secondary level to support and encourage students to enter the teaching profession. The department is permitted to contract for services to design and implement the program. The bill specifies certain components of the program including summer instruction in methodologies, classroom experience/observation and tutoring

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $300.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY2003 shall revert to the general fund.

CONFLICT/DUPLICATION/COMPANIONSHIP/RELATIONSHIP

HB 109 duplicates SB 125, Future Teachers Program.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

In its analysis, the CHE provides a brief summary of a three -year effort by SDE and CHE to improve teacher quality:

“In 1999 a “belief statement” that asserts “Quality Learning Requires Quality Teaching” was formally adopted by the Commission on Higher Education and the State Department of Education. Efforts to implement this belief statement were immediately initiated through a partnership with business, educational, and legislative stakeholders, the SBE, and the CHE. The result of this partnership was the design of a collaborative and systemic action plan for improving teacher quality. That plan resulted in New Mexico’s receipt of a statewide Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant. Leadership for this grant is provided by the Teacher Education Accountability Council (TEAC) co-chaired by the State Superintendent of Instruction and the Executive Director of the CHE. TEAC members include statewide representatives from higher education, public schools, the business community, the State Legislature, the Office of the Governor, parents, and teachers. The responsibilities of the TEAC include the oversight of the federal grant, strategic planning, and providing policy recommendations to the SBE and the CHE.”

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