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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Garcia, M.P.

 

DATE TYPED:

01/31/03

 

HB

271

 

SHORT TITLE:

Bernalillo County After-School Learning

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

Chabot

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

$30.0

 

 

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC Files

 

Responses Received From

Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

State Department of Education (SDE)

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

House Bill 271 appropriates $30.0 from the general fund to CYFD for the purpose of contracting to provide students after-school learning services that include tutorial and achievement components in Bernalillo county.

 

     Significant Issues

 

CYFD states that it funds slots for after school child care and could use the appropriation to augment funding or could shift children from child care to an after school program.

 

 

 

SDE supports the concept proposed in this bill and states that students who spend one to four hours per week in extracurricular activities are 50 percent less like to use drugs and are 30 percent less like to become teen parents.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $30.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall revert to the general fund.

 

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

 

  1. This would be a very limited program due to the size of the appropriation. Will it provide beneficial services to prospective clients?
  2. Should a specific population be targeted to receive these services?
  3. Should there be a reporting requirement included in the bill to determine if the appropriation should be continued in a subsequent General Appropriation Act?

 

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