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

SPONSOR

Grubesic

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/2/2006

HB

SHORT TITLE Santa Fe Schools Crime Prevention Officers

SB 466

ANALYST McOlash

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$150.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY06

FY07

FY08 3 Year

Total Cost

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

$0.7

$0.7

$1.4 Recurring General

Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 466 appropriates $150,000 from the General Fund to PED for expenditure in FY

2007 to provide salaries and benefits for two retired police officers to patrol and assist in crime

prevention measures in Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS).

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The Public School Funding Formula (22-8-23.3. At-risk program units) provides additional pro-

gram units and funding for approved educational programs for at-risk students. In 2004-2005, the

state distributed $70,509,669 for at-risk students. Any district, including SFPS, could use these

and any other funds for assistance in crime prevention measures.

Senate Bill 466 - Page 2

The appropriation of contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the General Fund. .

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2007 shall revert to the

General Fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

For School Year 04-05, SFPS reported a total of 950 incidents. (Safe Schools Report for New

Mexico Schools 2004-2005) as follows:

•

0 incidents with Firearms

•

161 incidents of illegal substance

•

67 reports of vandalism

•

712 reports of violence

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The PED has estimated an increase in workload with an expenditure increase to flow $150,000 to

SFPS. The process would take approximately 20 hours of staff time (Educator Administrator-A

@$25.495/hour X 20 hours plus benefits (30%). Total cost is $.7).reported in this section.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

Are crime prevention measures a priority in SFPS. If so, should the district review its budget and

budgeting process to cover these costs.

It is apparent that SFPS has a significant number of criminal incidents. The same is likely true

for other school districts. Is it prudent to address crime prevention outside the funding formula.

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