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SPONSOR: |
Lujan |
DATE TYPED: |
2/11/03 |
HB |
296 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
English Teacher Professional Development |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
L. Baca |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$243.5 |
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Recurring |
GF |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to: (Identical bills
are shown together.)
HB 83,
HB 159 & SB 219,
HB 197 & SB95,
HB 198 & SB 89,
HB 256,
HB 471 & SB 223,
HB 474,
HB 484 & SB 196,
SB 312
SB 415
Relates to Appropriation for the State Department of
Education in the General Appropriation Act
Responses Received From
State Department of Education (SDE)
Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 296
appropriates $243.5 from general fund to the SDE for expenditure in fiscal
years 2003 and 2004 for the purpose of extending a professional development
network of New Mexico secondary school teachers to improve the reading,
literacy and technology skills of their students.
Significant Issues
The SDE believes this
bill capitalizes on the existing New Mexico technological structure to connect
classrooms, and stress the use of technology for use by both students and
teachers. Many research studies have
concluded that professional development is crucial to continued to continue to
improve the effectiveness of the public schools.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of
$243.5 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
remaining at the end of fiscal year shall revert to the
general fund.
HB296
relates to all of the bills shown below because each of them contains
provisions for professional development for public school personnel; and each
acknowledges the belief in and the need for professional development to improve
the achievement of students:
HB 83, EDUCATION
TRAINING & CONSULTING SERVICES, appropriates $750.0
from the general fund to SDE to contract with a community-based organization to
provide Baldridge-based professional development for public school employees,
board members and parents
HB 159a, SCHOOL
PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, and SB 219, PUBLIC
SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOMENT, (identical bills) appropriate $3,500.0 to
the SDE for professional development programs for public school personnel and
for specific programs, including Regional Education Technology Assistance
(RETA)
Strengthening Quality in the Schools (SQS), Re:Learning New Mexico, The Center for Service Learning, and Golden Apple.
HB 197, DISTANCE
EDUCATION FOR TEACHER PROGRAMS, and SB
95,NMSU TEACHER DISTANCE EDUCATION (identical bills),
appropriate $500.0 to the NMSU Board of regents to offer licensure programs for
teachers throughout the state who have substandard teaching certificates.
HB 198, NMSU DEGREE
COMPLETION PROGRAM AND SB 89, NMSU\GRANTS COMPLETION
PROGRAM (identical bills), appropriate $150.0 to the NMSU board of Regents
to provide for degree completion programs in early childhood and elementary
education programs in collaboration with the pueblos of Laguna and Acoma on the
Grants campus of NMSU.
HB 256, WNMU SCHOOL OF
EDUCATION, appropriates $988.0 from the general fund to
the Board of Regents of WNMU for fiscal year 2003 and 2004 to establish a
network for web-based teacher licensure.
HB 340 AND SB 306,
STRENGTHENING QUALITY IN THE SCHOOLS
(SQS) DEVELOPMENT (identical bills),
appropriate $1,500.0 from the general fund to the SDE for fiscal year 2004 to
contract with a community-based organization for the SQS initiative.
HB 471 and SB 223,
CONTINUE Re:LEARNING PROGRAM, appropriates
$1,500.0 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of Eastern New Mexico
University to continue the Re:Learning program to support school improvement in
all grades in New Mexico Public Schools.
HB 474, BORDER REGION
SCIENCE & MATH EDUCATION, appropriates $400.0
from the general fund to the Board of Regents of NMSU to increase the
achievement in math and science of students in rural counties in proximity to
the Mexican border.
HB 484, MID SCHOOL
TEACHER SCIENCE & MATH TRAINING, and SB TRAINING
FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS, (identical bills), appropriate $260.0
to the CHE to provide training in math and science so teachers may become more
effective instructors in these fields.
SB 312, SCHOOL
DISTRICT TRAINING AT SAN JUAN COLLEGE, appropriates $155.0
to the Board of Governors of San Juan Community College to provide for
professional development leading to licensure, traditional or alternative, for
public school employees in the college’s service area.
SB 415, CENTER FOR
BORDER SUPERINTENDENCY, appropriates $50.0 to the Board of
Regents of NMSU to create a center for border superintendency to better prepare
and provide professional development for superintendents to improve education
along the United States-Mexico border.
SB 475, SCHOOL
DISTRICT TRAINING AT SAN JUAN COLLEGE, appropriates $155.0
from the general fund to the Board of Governors at San Juan community college
for fiscal year 2004 to develop and implement a school district training needs
program, including programs that will lead to program participants becoming
fully certified instructors.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE
ISSUES
HB 296 differs from
some of the other professional development bills by its stated reliance on the
use of technology for professional development as well as for classroom instruction.