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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
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ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/29/06
HB 538
SHORT TITLE 21
st
Century Community Learning Centers
SB
ANALYST Baca
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$4,782.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates SB 399
Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Public Education Department (PED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 538 appropriates $4,782,000 from the general fund to the Public Education Depart-
ment for expenditure in FY07 to continue and maintain the quality after-school programs of the
Twenty First Century Community Learning Centers program (21stCCLC).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $4,782,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 shall revert to the gen-
eral fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
According to the PED:
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Currently New Mexico has 29 21
st
CCLC projects with a total allocation of just under $9
million in federal awards to school districts, community-based and faith-based organiza-
tions to provide extended learning opportunities and ensure student safety after school.
19 projects are in the third year of the five-year grant and 10 are in the second year of the
five-year grant. It has been recommended by the USDE that there be a decrease in the
continuation awards during the fourth and fifth years of the projects to encourage grant-
ees to work toward sustainability by obtaining a portion of the continuation funding from
other sources.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
The PED will continue to administer program.
DUPLICATION
The Executive’s recommendation for the School Improvement Framework ($10,429,262) in-
cludes an appropriation for extended day programs in the amount of $2,000,000.
WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL
According to the PED, if this bill is not enacted:
sustainability funding of $1,196,869 for 19 projects in the fourth year will operate at a
20% decrease,
implementing the10 proposed new after-school projects with average funding of
$300,000 each will be possible.
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