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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
2/06/2007
HB 413
SHORT TITLE NM Highlands Practice Makes Perfect Program
SB
ANALYST McOlash
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$910.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates SB 54.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Public Education Department (PED)
Higher Education Department (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 413 appropriates $910,000 from the General Fund to the Regents of NMHU for
expenditure in FY 2008 to fund the Practice Makes Perfect (PMP) program to prepare secondary
students for the next grade level and for college.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $910,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2008 shall revert to the
General Fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
According to PED, the proposed PMP program is building from the successes of the former
federal program (Gear-Up - Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
pg_0002
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Programs). The model for the program consists of individualized curricula (Accelerated Math of
Renaissance Place, Sullivan Research Associates for Reading Comprehension and Science Fair
participation), diagnostic testing for accurate placement of students and frequent interim testing
to follow individual student progress. There are 23 rural school districts in northern New Mexico
that indicated their intentions to adopt the best practices identified within their former federal
program. There are four of the districts identified within this PMP project that may overlap with
the Higher Education Department’s GEAR UP project (re-funded for 2006-2012). Those districts
include Cuba, Dulce, Jemez Mountain and Pecos.
The PMP program will support up to 2,200 sixth grade students in the 23 districts (all sixth
graders are eligible but need to submit an application) in year one. The program uses a cohort
model that follows students from the 6th grade until they graduate from high school. NMHU has
recognized the value of this program and the successes it produces and requests funding to
continue.
This request was submitted by NMHU to the HED for review, but is not included in the
Department’s funding recommendation for FY08.
PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS
NHMU's Practice Makes Perfect Program will expand their services from one school district and
partner with 23 schools in northeast New Mexico. The program intends to employ best practices
gained from six years of GEAR UP experiences in working with disadvantaged youth in
northeastern New Mexico.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
Senate Bill 54 is a duplicate.
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