SENATE BILL 209

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2024

INTRODUCED BY

William P. Soules

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO TEN VITAL SERVICES THROUGH A ONE-STOP SHOP THAT PROVIDES PARENTING SUPPORT FROM BIRTH THROUGH YOUNG ADULTHOOD, TRAINS THE FUTURE WORKFORCE IN TRAUMA AND MALTREATMENT AND DEVELOPS COOPERATIVE PROTOCOLS AMONG STATE AGENCIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND REDUCE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Four million two hundred sixty-one thousand five hundred sixty-five dollars ($4,261,565) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal years 2025 through 2028 for the Las Cruces public school district to connect individuals and families to ten vital services through a one-stop shop that provides parenting support from birth through young adulthood, trains the future workforce in trauma and maltreatment and develops cooperative protocols among state agencies and other organizations to improve access to services and reduce adverse childhood experiences. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2028 shall revert to the general fund.

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