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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
2/20/2007
HB 513
SHORT TITLE Charter School Program Cost Calculations
SB
ANALYST Aguilar
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)
FY07
FY08
FY09 3 Year
Total Cost
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
Total
*Indeterminate
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
*See fiscal implications.
Relates to HB 2
Duplicates SB 156
Relates to appropriations in the General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Public Education Department (PED)
Office of Educational Accountability (OEA)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 513 adds the charter school student activities program unit into the program cost
calculation.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
Indeterminate appropriation impact
HB-513 does not contain an appropriation. At present, charter school activities costs are carried
either by the charter school or the school district. These activity costs can include facilities costs,
janitorial costs, costs for opening the doors of a school site and insurance. By including charter
school activities in the program cost calculations, school districts and school sites that host
charter school activities may be relieved of this burden.
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House Bill 513 – Page
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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
PED notes that Laws of 2006, Chapter 94, Section 61, created charter school student activities
program units effective July 1, 2007 but failed to amend Section 22-8-18 NMSA 1978 to include
these units in the calculation of the program cost for school districts.
Funding for these units flows directly to the school districts through the public school funding
formula.
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