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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

SHORT TITLE Center for Border and Indigenous Leadership

SB 143

ANALYST Cox

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$600.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Sources of Information

LFC files

Responses Received

Department of Education (HED)

Higher Education Department (HED)

New Mexico State University (NMSU)

Indian Affairs Department (IAD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 143 contemplates making an appropriation for the Center for Border and Indigenous

Educational Leadership.

This Senate Bill requests six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) from the general fund to the

board of regents of New Mexico State University for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 for the

Center for Border and Indigenous Educational Leadership.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) contained in this bill is a recurring

expense to the General Fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of

fiscal Year 2009 shall revert to the General Fund.

This request was not submitted by NMSU to the New Mexico Higher Education Department for

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

Senate Bill 143 – Page

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SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Department of Public Education states that New Mexico CeBIEL and the Department of

Educational Management & Development, located at NMSU, along with partner school districts

propose to offer a statewide program to prepare aspiring principals by engaging existing school

leaders in the preparation of this program. These leaders will assist in the development of

activities, coursework, field experiences, and mentorship to develop a model to address the

pressing needs of schools’ leaders.

Higher Education Department states that the Center for Border and Indigenous Educational

Leadership (CeBIEL) and the Department of Educational Management and Development

(DEMD) work towards preparing responsive leaders for today's schools.

CeBIEL was founded in 2003 within the DEMD at New Mexico State University. The center

seeks to support local school districts located along the US/Mexico border as well as the entire

state of New Mexico. CeBIEL aims to address the achievement gap of PreK-12 students by

providing professional development in the areas of instructional leadership, as well as by

focusing on issues of poverty, culture, and linguistic diversity. Administrators and leaders are

prepared to work with all populations of students falling through the achievement gap, especially

English Language Learners and American Indian Students.

NMSU states that while there is an institute for teacher professional development at state

universities, nothing exists in New Mexico to support aspiring, newly assigned principals and

assistant principals, as well as more experienced principals. New Mexico CEBIEL and the

Department of Educational Management and Development, housed at New Mexico State

University, along with partner school districts propose to offer a statewide program that will

prepare aspiring principals by engaging school leaders in the preparation activities, coursework,

field experiences, and mentorship that our public schools need. This model offers to address the

most pressing needs concerning our schools’ leaders.

Indian Affairs Department states that there is disproportionately lower achievement levels of

Native American students. These factors include the lack of Native American values

incorporated into the curriculum, cultural differences between students and teachers,

socioeconomic status, and lack of teacher and administrative training.

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SB 143 would enable the

Center to continue providing development and leadership programs designed to help New

Mexico educators address these issues for Native American and other indigenous and border

students.

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