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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

1/24/08

HB 233

SHORT TITLE ENMU Child Care Services

SB

ANALYST Haug

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$125.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED)

Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 233 appropriates $125.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of Eastern

New Mexico University to fund the expansion of child care services for students and staff for

expenditure in Fiscal Year 2009 and subsequently.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $125.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any

unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to

the general fund.

This request was submitted by ENMU to the New Mexico Higher Education Department for

review, but is not included in the Department’s funding recommendation for FY09.

The HED’s evaluation table of FY09 Research and Public Service Projects provided to the LFC

classifies this project as a “supports state priorities" project. Reasons for this classification

decision are not provided. (LFC Report 07-20, Higher Education Department Review of

Selected Research and Public Service Projects, January 12, 2008, Table 4, p73.)

House Bill 233 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The HED states that according to ENMU, the funding for this program would start with

approximately 25 children and expand from there. The customers of the child care services

would be primarily student parents who would be able to drop their children off for a short term

to attend classes. The program is not meant to compete with full-time child care centers in the

community.

ENMU states that this bill addresses a major unmet need for students and staff at ENMU. This

program will allow students to attend classes that otherwise would not be able to, will increase

retention, and provide a safe, secure environment for their children.

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