SENATE BILL 107

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Michael Padilla

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND COMPREHENSIVE AND AFFORDABLE STATEWIDE OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING FOR SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH STATEWIDE.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years to sustain and expand comprehensive and affordable statewide out-of-school time programming for school-age youth statewide. From the amount appropriated, ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be for school districts, charter schools, the United States department of the interior's bureau of Indian education schools and tribally controlled schools, and ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be for contracting with local and statewide nonprofit community organizations that provide out-of-school time programming. Any unexpended balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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