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SPONSOR: |
Nava |
DATE TYPED: |
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HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Center for Border Superintendency |
SB |
415/aSEC |
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ANALYST: |
L. Baca |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$300.0 |
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Recurring |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to HB 83, 159a, 256, 340, 471, 474, 484
and SB 306, 223, 312, 475
Relates
to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
Responses
Received From
State
Department of Education (SDE)
Commission
on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of SEC Amendments
The amendments adopted by the Senate Education
Committee insert the designation for subsection “A”, and add language requiring
an evaluation of the program: as recommended by the CHE:
“A plan for a program
evaluation, including specific program goals and criteria for assessing program
effectiveness, shall be submitted to the Legislative Finance Committee and the
Commission on Higher Education by
Synopsis
of Original Bill
Senate Bill 415
appropriates $300.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New Mexico
State University (NMSU) to create a center for border superintendency to
improve education in the United States-Mexico border region through the
preparation and professional development of current and aspiring
Significant
Issues
This
request was not included in
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 fiscal year 2004
shall revert to the general fund. The
NMSU analysis states this is a one-time request and will enable NMSU to seek
funding from other sources.
NMSU
reports that the appropriated funds will be administered as in the following
budget:
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Director & Faculty Advisor (1 FTE) |
$50,000 |
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Assistant Director & Faculty Advisor (1
FTE) |
$50,000 |
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Secretary (0.75 FTE) |
$18,000 |
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Fringe Benefits |
$33,040 |
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1
Graduate Assistant (0.5 FTE) |
$15,000 |
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Fringe Benefits (graduate assistant) |
$150 |
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20
Doctoral Fellowships |
$84,000 |
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Professional
Development Costs |
$7,050 |
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Research
Support |
$7,050 |
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Distance
Education Costs |
$11,710 |
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Administrative
Costs |
$24,000 |
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Total
Request |
$300,000 |
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
This bill addresses the need to prepare and
continue to provide professional development activities for current and
aspiring superintendents to serve schools in the United States-Mexico border
region and more effectively meet the unique needs of students in the area. According to the NMSU analysis, this would be
accomplished by developing a distance education doctoral program in education
administration, establishing a Center to conduct research on problems in the
area, providing support for doctoral students in the area of distance education
and serving as a resource to schools in the NMSU service region.
RELATIONSHIP
HB 83, EDUCATION TRAINING & CONSULTING
SERVICES
HB 159a, SCHOOL PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS,
and SB 219, PUBLIC SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, (identical
bills)
HB 256,
HB 340 AND SB 306, STRENGTHENING QUALITY IN THE
SCHOOLS (SQS)
DEVELOPMENT (identical bills)
HB 471 and SB 223, CONTINUE Re:LEARNING
PROGRAM
HB 474, BORDER REGION SCIENCE & MATH
EDUCATION
HB 484, MID SCHOOL TEACHER SCIENCE & MATH
TRAINING, and SB 196, SCIENCE AND MATH TRAINING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS
SB 475 & SB 312, SCHOOL DISTRICT TRAINING AT SAN JUAN COLLEGE, (similar bills).
AMENDMENTS
The CHE suggests adding the following language
for all new recurring higher education programs and expansion of current
programs (assuming that funding will continue beyond 2003-2004):
“A plan for a program
evaluation, including specific program goals and criteria for assessing program
effectiveness, shall be submitted to the Legislative Finance Committee and the
Commission on Higher Education by
1.
Is NMSU able to seek fund for this
program without this legislation and appropriation?
2.
Could a consortium of the districts
involved provide some seed money for the project?
3.
Doesn’t NMSU offer distance education
programs already?
4.
Does NMSU have the authority to redirect
some of its current positions and funding to this project?