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

SPONSOR Rawson

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/22/2007

3/5/2007 HB

SHORT TITLE Home School Student Activities Program Unit

SB 1098/aSEC/aSFl

ANALYST Aguilar

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to SB 156

Relates to appropriations in the General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of SFl Amendment

Senate Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 1098 removes language relating to home school

students choosing to participate in activities at a school other than the one in the attendance zone

in which the student resides. It appears that this provision precludes home school students

choosing where they will participate.

Synopsis of SEC Amendment

The Senate Education Committee amendment to Senate Bill 1098 clarifies that home school

students are eligible to participate in athletic activities in only one school district and provides

that the school district shall verify each home school student’s academic eligibility to participate.

Synopsis of Original Bill

Senate Bill 1098 adds the home school student activities program unit into the program cost

calculation provides for a cost differential factor and establishes home school student eligibility

to participate in school district activities.

Senate Bill 1098/aSEC/aSFl – Page

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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

Senate Bill 1098 does not contain an appropriation. The cost differential factor of 0.1 times the

number of home school students participating in school district activities would be minimal for

most districts except for Albuquerque, which has the highest concentration of home school

students within its boundaries.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

At present, the funding formula study taskforce is involved in overseeing a contractor

undertaking a complete review of the funding formula. Recommendations from the taskforce

will be presented to the Legislature in the fall of 2007, in time for consideration by the 2008

legislative session.

The Legislature may wish to delay changes to the program cost calculations until results of the

study are complete.

The bill provides that home school students are eligible to participate in school district activities

at the public school in the attendance zone in which the student resides and further provides that

home school students shall be subject to New Mexico Activities Association guidelines.

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