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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

2/17/2007

HB 1043

SHORT TITLE Improve Teacher Recruitment and Retention

SB

ANALYST Schuss

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$500.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to HB 879 and HB 68

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY07

FY08

FY09 3 Year

Total Cost

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

$6.6

$6.6 Recurring General

Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

Higher Education Department (HED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 1043 appropriates $500,000 from the general fund to the Public Education

Department for the purpose of improving teacher recruitment, preparation and retention by

providing classroom experience for future New Mexico teachers under the guidance of master

teachers.

House Bill 1043 – Page

2

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $500,000 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.

PED reports that it is anticipated that administrative support for this work will be absorbed

within the existing resources. It is estimated that it would take approximately 200 hours of a

Staff Manager’s time to oversee and monitor this work at the following rate: ($25.50/hr. X 200

hrs ($5,100) + 30% benefits ($1,530) = total $6,630 amount).

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

HED states that this is not a priority of PED.

PED notes the following:

•

The development of model mentorship services that incorporate structured supervision and

feedback to teacher graduates holding teaching positions within public school districts

provides for a more successful transition from the university to the classroom environment.

•

These model programs should include an annual report that describes all specified details of

mentorship services undertaken for each Level I teacher in his/her first year of teaching.

•

Mentorship under master teachers creates a one-on-one relationship that individualizes

instruction for the new teacher.

•

Retention rates for new teachers improve when they are well prepared to make the transition

from the university into the classroom.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

This bill relates to and supports PED’s performance measure to increase the percent of classes

taught by highly-qualified teachers in all schools across the state. This legislation supports the

New Mexico Accountability Plan for the federal No Child Left Behind Ac of 2001, which

requires that 100% of core academic subject classrooms are taught by highly–qualified teachers.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

PED would be responsible for expending these funds.

The following administrative issues require further clarification:

•

how this bill would address teacher recruitment;

•

if future New Mexico teachers refers to students in college to become teachers or

to professionals who are interested in making a career change.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

HB879 appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the Teacher Professional

Development Fund.

House Bill 1043 – Page

3

HB68 appropriates $11,780,000 for targeted, site-based professional development (among other

expenditures) and $500,000 for a Student Teacher Scholarship. HB68 refines the requirements

for teacher licensure.

BS/nt