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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Nava

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/14/07

HB

SHORT TITLE Border and Indigenous Education Center

SB 241

ANALYST Guambaña

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

$400.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

New Mexico State University (NMSU)

Higher Education Department (HED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 241 appropriates $400,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Regents for

NMSU for expenditure in fiscal year 2008 for the Center for Border and Indigenous Educational

Leadership (CeBIEL).

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $400,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 08 shall revert to the

General Fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

New Mexico CeBIEL housed at NMSU intends to provide a statewide induction program for

supporting newly assigned principals and assistant principals during their first years as school

leaders. The main goal of the CeBIEL Induction Program is to provide a rigorous research-based

induction program for newly assigned principals and assistant principals that will result in high

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quality educational leaders, retention of those leaders, and increased academic achievement for

all New Mexico students. The major components of the induction program will focus on school

improvement processes and school accountability by linking leadership proficiency to productive

schools and enhanced student achievement.

Appropriations will be used for the following according to the CeBIEL administration office:

•

To provide a continuous and comprehensive support program including leadership and

management capacity building.

•

To provide real life activities designed specifically for new principals and assistant

principals to "hit the ground running" and maintain their momentum all year.

•

To provide mentorship and coaching for participants on an individual and group basis

through on-line and on-site support.

•

To establish a collaborative professional network among the participants, mentors, and

coaches to share resources and exchange ideas.

This request was not

submitted by NMSU to HED for review and is not included in the HED

funding recommendation for FY08. The HED is recommending the FY07 recurring amount of

$1,530,600 for FY08 Special Projects expansion, under which this project could fit.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The activities of CeBIEL will require the sharing of information with the PED and the Regional

Educational Cooperatives within its areas of activity

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

NMSU provided the following:

•

New Mexico’s universities are challenged to prepare educators for the principalship

within the 9-12 courses required including internships.

•

Most principals begin their careers in leadership without enough training, resources, and

practical experience to face the numerous complex and ambiguous schooling issues of the

New Mexico schools.

•

Federal mandates have added pressure-filled responsibilities that have made these critical

educational positions nearly undoable.

•

Research shows that induction programs for new principals can support them through the

difficult initial stages of school leadership.

•

New Mexico’s latest research on principals reported high principal turnover, which

exacerbates school problems such as poor morale, increased teacher turnover rates, and

decreased achievement scores.

•

Recent research on New Mexico’s principals also pointed to the need for more

professional development designed for educational leaders, including mentoring and

networking.

•

In response to state and national research findings, the New Mexico Center for Border &

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Indigenous Educational Leadership (CeBIEL) proposes an induction program to provide

theoretical, practical, and personal support from acknowledged experts to train and

support the new educational leaders in New Mexico.

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