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

SPONSOR Wirth

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1-18-2007

HB 19

SHORT TITLE Children’s Art & Education Programs

SB

ANALYST Dearing

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$100.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Cultural Affairs Department (CAD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 19 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to department of Cultural

Affairs for the purpose of contracting with a children’s museum in Santa Fe for children’s art and

educational programs. The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in this bill is a

nonrecurring expense to the General Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance

remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to the General Fund.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

House Bill 19 appropriates $100 thousand from the general fund to department of Cultural

Affairs for the purpose of contracting with a children’s museum in Santa Fe for children’s art and

educational programs.

The appropriation of $100 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General

Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY08 shall revert to

the General Fund.

House Bill 19 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Exposure to a variety of educational experiences can enhance core the curriculum that students

receive in their institutions. The program uses tactile senses and a practicum environment that

encourages children (ages 2-8) to learn through the discovery method.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

DCA would contract with the Santa Fe Children’s Museum for these services. The Cultural

Affairs department has several performance measures to track the number participants in

educational, outreach and special events. It is unknown whether participating children would be

tracked under the on-site or off-site outreach performance measure criteria.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The appropriated amount would be administered and contracted by the Cultural Affairs

department.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

If House Bill 19 is not enacted, the Santa Fe Children’s Museum would not receive funding from

the general fund in the 2008 fiscal year.

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