SENATE BILL 536

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Leonard Tsosie

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE A LITERACY COACH IN THE JEMEZ VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to provide salary and benefits for a literacy coach in the Jemez Valley public schools. The literacy coach shall provide ongoing support to teachers in the classroom and ensure implementation of best practice literacy strategies for how children learn and how teachers can help Native American children succeed. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.