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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Vigil

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/13/2006

HB 776

SHORT TITLE Post-Secondary School Youth Sports Programs

SB

ANALYST Earp

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$300.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to HB 711 and SB 687, 688, 693, 694 and 696

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Higher Education Department (HED) – on related bills

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 776 appropriates $300,000 from the general fund to the Public Education Department

(PED) for summer youth sports programs at the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State

University, New Mexico Highlands University and Northern New Mexico State School.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $300,000 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 revert

to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

It is unusual to appropriate funds to PED for distribution to post-secondary institutions. Such

appropriations are generally made either to HED or directly to the institutions.

Requests for this program were not submitted to the New Mexico Higher Education Department

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(NMHED) for review and are not included in the department’s fiscal year 2007 funding recom-

mendation to the Legislature.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The administrative impact of this legislation would fall on PED and the recipient institutions.

PED indicates that it would take approximately 80 hours of time by an Education Administrator

A ($25.495 x 80 hrs + 30% benefits = $2651.48) to coordinate funding. This can be accom-

plished with existing staff.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

This bill is related to House Bill 711 and to Senate Bills 687, 688, 693, 694 and 696 which ap-

propriate fund for this program to the individual institutions identified in this bill and to Luna

Community College (SB 688).

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

HED reports that the National Youth Sports Program Fund (NYSP Fund), d.b.a. National Youth

Sports Corporation (NYSC) is a nonprofit organization established to administer more than 200

NYSP nationwide projects. The NYSC receives a federal grant from the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services, as well as support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the

NCAA. The NYSC distributes subgrants to selected institutions of higher education that provide

qualified personnel, facilities, and services necessary to instruction, skills training, and competi-

tion in a variety of sport activities designed to improve physical fitness and health habits, and

exposure to educational and career opportunities. In addition, participants receive, at no cost to

them, a medical screening, daily transportation, and nutritious meals. This year the NYSP has

received a decrease in federal funds.

The PED analysis notes the following points:

• Poor nutrition and physical inactivity increase the chances of children becoming at risk of

being overweight or obese, both of which are risk factors for chronic diseases, including asthma,

diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea, etc.: www.healthinschools.org; Kids who aren’t

physically active are more likely to become overweight or obese: A nation at Risk: Obesity in the

United States, www.rwjf.org.

• Since the 1970s the prevalence of overweight among children has doubled for children

ages 2-5 and 12-19 and tripled for children 6-11. www.healthinschools.org

• Regular physical activity, even at moderate levels, is associated with lower mortality

rates and reduces the chances of developing chronic diseases. (Physical Activity and Health: A

report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)

• Increasing physical activity will increase levels of physical fitness and higher levels of

physical fitness are associated with improved academic performance.

www.cde.ca.gov/statetests/pe/pe.html ; www.actionbasedlearning.com

• Increased participation in sport activities may increase attendance rates, which may re-

duce both truancy and drop out rates and reduce the loss of state funds

(www.actionforhealthykids.org: The Learning Connection: The Value of Improving Nutrition

and Physical Activity in Our Schools).

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POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

How have the participating institutions supported this program in previous years.

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