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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Rodella
DATE TYPED 2-17-05
HB 724
SHORT TITLE Taos Summertime Academic Program
SB
ANALYST Segura
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
$75.0
Recurring General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Public Education Department (PED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 724 appropriates $75,000 to PED to support the Summer-time Academy for the Taos
Municipal Schools. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Significant Issues
The program is designed to help students prepare for the next school year. It serves as a demon-
stration project for other school districts.
According to PED, the Summer-time program is to bridge the gap to the next grade level for stu-
dents having learning or performing difficulties in the subject areas of math and language arts.
The program targets students from the second to seventh grades who have been identified with
problems in math or language arts.
Taos Municipal Schools report that outcomes of the first year reflect that there was a 13% gain in
math scores and a 14 % gain in language arts for the non-immigrant students. Results for the
Immigrant students have not been determined as yet. The first year enrollment included 92 stu-
dents with 22 immigrants and 70 non-immigrant participants.