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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Stewart
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/21/07
HB HM 34
SHORT TITLE Read to a Child Day
SB
ANALYST Guambaña
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Memorial 34 declares November 1, 2007 “Read to a Child Day".
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
House Memorial 34 states that:
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A team of fourth- and fifth-grade students at La Union Elementary School in the Gadsden
independent school district conducted a community literacy initiative and wanted to give
every third-grade student in New Mexico a book based on what they learned;
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This team of students began research on New Mexico authors, identified over forty
authors, developed a rating rubric and narrowed their list down to fifteen;
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The students contacted a group of adults who were representative of the state and invited
them to be part of a selection committee using their rubric to narrow the list of books to
six;
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The governor was asked to make the final decision on a book and selected "Santero's
Miracle" by Rudolfo Anaya. Each third-grade student will receive a copy.
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The book will be accompanied by a web-based teacher curriculum and a hard copy of a
parent curriculum that will be tied to the New Mexico curriculum standards;
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The governor selected November 1, 2007 to distribute the books to every third-grade
student, which marks National Family Literacy Day; and