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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Balderas
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/28/06
HB 281
SHORT TITLE NM Highlands Spanish Immersion Program
SB
ANALYST Hoffmann
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$200.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Public Education Department (PED)
Department of Higher Education (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 281 appropriates $200,000 from the general fund to the Board of Regents of New
Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) to support an English/Spanish and cultural immersion
program and curricula development.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $200,000 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall not re-
vert to the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The amount of $47,500 was appropriated for this purpose in Chapter 34, Laws of 2005 (Senate
Bill 190). The Legislative Finance Committee funding recommendation for fiscal year 2007 has
included this amount as a component of a block-grant appropriation to NMHU for special project