HOUSE BILL 607

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

Ray Begaye







AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND LEGISLATION TO INCREASE PARAPROFESSIONALS' INCOMES.



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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state department of public education for expenditure in fiscal year 2004 to increase salaries of paraprofessional educational assistants statewide. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall revert to the general fund.

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