SB 659 — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 659 54TH LEGISLATURE - STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2019 INTRODUCED4 BY Gerald Ortiz y Pino 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.WELFARE;

BEEXPANDING ITPRE-KINDERGARTEN; ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

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

SECTION 1.

APPROPRIATION.-- A.

The legislature recognizes the vital importance e t 17 of preparing children for elementary school, particularly for w l n d 18 disadvantaged children.

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Seventy-one million dollars ($71,000,000) is a l i a e r 20 appropriated from the general fund operating reserve to the a t m m 21 following funds for expenditure in fiscal year 2019 and d r e 22 subsequent fiscal years to expand the provision of pre- c e s k 23 kindergarten by the public education department and the e a n b 24 children, youth and families department as follows:

u [ (1) thirty-five million five hundred thousand .214743.1 SPAC/SB 659 dollars ($35,500,000) to the public pre-kindergarten fund to expand the public education department's pre-kindergarten program;

and (2) thirty-five million five hundred thousand dollars ($35,500,000) to the children, youth and families pre- kindergarten fund to expand the children, youth and families department's pre-kindergarten program.

C.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2020 shall not revert to the general fund.

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