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

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/31/08

HB 418

SHORT TITLE Teacher Professional Development

SB

ANALYST Haug

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$5,000.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

REVENUE (dollars in thousands)

Estimated Revenue

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

FY10

$5,000.0

Recurring

Teacher

Professional

Development

Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act

Relates to SB323, SB326, SB328, SB259, HB59

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Public Education Department (PED)

Higher Education Department (HED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 418 appropriates $5,000.0 from the general fund to the Teacher Professional

Development Fund for teacher professional development in Fiscal Year 2009 and subsequent

years.

House Bill 418 – Page

2

House Bill 418 contains an emergency clause taking effect immediately.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $5,000.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not

revert to the general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The PED states:

The Teacher Professional Development Fund and the Professional Development Framework are

provided for in state statute. The goal is to ensure through training that New Mexico has quality

teachers, school principals and instructional support providers who will improve and enhance

student achievement.

For the 2007 Legislative session HB 2 appropriated $2,500.0 for the Teacher Professional

Development Fund to be used to fund Re:Learning, Regional Educational Technology

Assistance, Strengthening Quality in Schools (SQS), Service Learning, Golden Apple, Closing

the Achievement Gap, Leadership Academy and other professional development programs.

Several of these programs have received ongoing appropriations from the General Fund for a

number of years.

By providing PED with budget authority for these funds in FY 08, PED may begin the

procurement processes in the final fiscal quarter of FY08 and expedite the availability of services

in FY09. Recipients of these funds will be required to submit a report to the PED by June 30,

2008 that:

•

Provides a listing of all professional development activities that were provided to

teachers, school administrators and/or instructional support providers;

•

A summary of the professional development activities provided and by whom they were

provided; and

•

An evaluation component revealing the effectiveness of the activity relative to alignment

with the Professional Development Framework and any additional evaluation

components required by the PED, and/or the recipients of these funds.

RELATIONSHIP

Relates to House Appropriations and Finance Committee Substitute for House Bill 2 which

would appropriate $2,500.0 for the Teacher Professional Development Fund.

Relates to SB 323 which would appropriate $600.0 to the Regional Educational Technology

Assistance Program at NMSU, SB 326 which would appropriate $810.0 for the Strengthening

Quality in Schools Initiative in PED and SB 328 which would appropriate $750.0 to continue the

re: learning program to support school improvement in all grades of public schools statewide at

ENMU, SB 259 which would appropriate $165.0 to create the consortium for professional

development schools at ENMU and HB 59 which would appropriate $165.0 to establish and

operate professional development schools associated with the university's college of education

and technology at ENMU.

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