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

SPONSOR Grubesic

DATE TYPED 2/11/05

HB

SHORT TITLE Santa Fe Low-Income After-School Program

SB 530

ANALYST Wilson

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

$95.0

Recurring General Fund

Relates to SB 434 & HB 427

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriations Act, Executive request, Lines 81, 84

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 530 appropriates $95 thousand from the general fund to the PED to provide after-

school programs in the Santa Fe public schools for low-income students who are at risk of aca-

demic and social failure.

Significant Issues

The need for after-school programs to enhance and support classroom learning continues to ex-

ceed the capacity of current programs.

• In New Mexico 19% of K-12 youths are responsible for taking care of themselves. More

than 39% of K-12 youths in self-care would be likely to participate in an after-school

program if one were available in the community.

• 89% of parents in New Mexico are extremely or somewhat satisfied with the after-school

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program their child attends.

• Nearly 13,044 of New Mexico's kids are counting on the programs supported by the U.S.

Department of Education's 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, the only

federal program dedicated to after-school.

• If the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 were fully funded, New Mexico commu-

nities could have double the number of after-school programs, giving nearly 26,087 chil-

dren a safe place to go after school.

This bill supports the PED’s core performance measure of Implementation of education reform

initiatives and the public school performance measures and benchmarks regarding read-

ing/language arts and mathematics, which addresses the percent of students who achieve profi-

ciency or above on criterion-referenced tests.

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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $95 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal fund 2006 shall

revert to the general fund.

Other sources of funding available for after-school tutoring programs include Title I and Sup-

plemental Educational Services.

PED states they can absorb with existing resources the additional requirements created by this

bill.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

PED staff will be required to process flow through dollars and monitor the program.

RELATIONSHIP

SB 530 relates to HB 427, Statewide After School Tutoring Program & SB434, CYFD Out-of –

School Time Program.

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