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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Tripp
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/08/07
HB 602
SHORT TITLE NMSU 4-H Outreach Program
SB
ANALYST Guambaña
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$100.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to House Bill 640 and Senate Bill 60
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Higher Education Department (HED)
New Mexico State University-College of Agriculture and Home Economics (NMSU-CAHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 602 appropriates $100,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Regents of NMSU
for a 4-H Outreach Program.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $100,000 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.
Per HED, this proposal was submitted to the Department by NMSU and was not included in their
funding recommendation for FY08.
HED also asserts that NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service and 4-H Youth Development was
the recipient of four federal grants totaling $2,542,815 over a five-year period beginning in 2001
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to establish 4-H Outreach Agencies in 14 counties in New Mexico. These were three-year grants
and the funding is being completed this year.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
NMHU-CAHE states that the principal objective of this request will focus on providing 4-H
outreach programs to underserved youth in eight selected counties impacting an estimated 5000
students per year. NMSU 4-H Youth Development Program staff will provide teachers or
classroom volunteers with experiential learning lessons and activities that are aligned to New
Mexico educational standards and benchmarks. In addition to the school classroom, NMSU 4-H
Youth Development professionals will provide educational, hands on activities and programs in
out of school settings throughout the counties to encourage the academic performance and
workforce preparation among vulnerable youth in New Mexico. More than 74,000 of New
Mexico’s youth were involved in life skill education through 4-H, thereby qualifying 4-H as the
largest youth development program in the State.
RELATIONSHIP
House Bill 640 appropriates $300,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Regents of NMSU
to support 4-H programs in Lea county.
Senate Bill 60 appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Regents of NMSU
to pay for a 4-H outreach program.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
HED and NMSU-CAHE jointly maintain that the 4-H Program is involved in partnerships with
volunteers throughout New Mexico. Last year 5,220 adult 4-H volunteers contributed more than
260,000 hours of volunteer service to the youth of the state. Had that service been provided by
paid staff, it would have cost $4,690,400.
Per NMSU-CAHE, the NMSU 4-H Engagement in Youth and Education initiative is a ten year
plan with a projected budget requirement of $10 million. The first four years have focused on
after school programs. This funding request is for the second objective of the initiative which is
devoted to Core Curriculum Enhancement.
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