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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Rehm
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
02/07/08
HJM 33
SHORT TITLE Study Dividing Albuquerque School District
SB
ANALYST Escudero
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY08
FY09
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Public Education Department (PED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Joint Memorial 33 requests the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) to create a task force
to study the need to divide the district into two or more smaller districts, including issues
involved in dividing the district. The memorial also requests that the Public Education
Department (PED) assist APS and the task force in this study.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
There is no appropriation attached to this legislation.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
As stated by PED, some of the issues related to dividing APS include division of school
boundaries, sufficient tax base to support new district(s), income levels and ethnic background of
students within proposed boundaries and transportation.