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Miera |
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HB |
185/aHEC/aHAFC |
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Advanced Placement Program |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
L. Baca |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
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Additional Impact |
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FY04 |
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FY04 |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates
SB 61
Relates to Appropriation
for
Responses
Received From
Commission
on Higher Education (CHE)
State
Department of Education (SDE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HAFC Amendments
The
amendments adopted by the House Appropriation and Finance Committee strike the
appropriation and all language related to it including the HEC amendment that
would have made the appropriation non-reverting. The general appropriation act currently
includes $581.6 for this program.
Synopsis of HEC Amendment
The
amendment adopted by HEC strikes the reversion requirement of unexpended or
unencumbered funds.
Synopsis of Original Bill
House Bill 185 creates the Advanced Placement
Development Fund in the State Treasury and appropriates $1 million from the
general fund to the State Treasury for that fund, on a non-reverting
basis. The fund is created for the
purpose of training public school teachers in grades 6-12 to instruct Advanced
Placement (AP) courses and to develop curricula to prepare students for
pre-advanced placement and advanced placement courses. The fund will be administered by the State
Department of Education (SDE) in response to competitive proposals from the
school districts, and awarded on a voucher system by the SDE. The application, reporting, and evaluation
components will be collaboratively developed by the SDE, the Commission on
Higher Education (CHE) and New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU). The criteria for the application will be
reviewed annually to ensure that instructional strategies are based on
scientifically based research modes for implementing AP courses. The SDE will
provide technical assistance and monitor the program.
Significant Issues
The
SDE reports that the AP Program is a cooperative educational endeavor between
secondary schools and colleges and universities. Since its inception in 1955,
the program has provided motivated high school students with the opportunity to
take college-level courses in a high school setting. Students who participate
in the program gain college-level skills and may also earn college credit while
they are still in high school. The
College Board records indicate that students who enroll in AP courses tend to
perform significantly better in higher education than students who did not take
AP courses.
In
addition to providing more intensive learning opportunities for students, the
AP program provides professional development for teachers, a key factor in
improving the effectiveness of instructors.
FISCAL
IMPLICATIONS
HB
185 appropriates $1,000.0 from the general fund to the Advanced Placement
Program development Fund in the State Treasury Department for use in FY 04 and
subsequent fiscal years. Any unexpended
or unencumbered balance at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general
fund.
This bill creates a new fund and provides for
continuing appropriations. The LFC
objects to including continuing appropriation language in the statutory
provisions for newly created funds.
Earmarking reduces the ability of the legislature to establish spending
priorities.
DUPLICATION,
RELATIONSHIP
HB 185 duplicates SB 61, Advanced Placement
Program Expansion.
HB 185 relates to HB 7 and SB 2, which
appropriate $301,100 (including 2 % compensation) to
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