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NM HB223

Bilingual Education Cost Differential


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Introduced
01/29/2025
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/22/2025

Introduced Session

2025 Regular Session

Bill Summary

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE; INCREASING THE COST DIFFERENTIAL FACTOR USED TO CALCULATE BILINGUAL MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM UNITS; INCREASING THE COST DIFFERENTIAL FACTOR BY 0.1 EACH YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS.

AI Summary

This bill proposes to aims to amincrease the and cost and differential factor usedamultiplbilingual multicmulticulturall education program units (program. New Mexico progressively over over a five-ear period, starting Would modify the existing law to existing lawingual education cost units to increase the increaseally of 0 .11 in the differential factor each each from 05 currently to enting point 5 cent 0 point one) with year the years five fiscal budgetary years,, starting ultimately on base factor of 0. .6 starting from July July 1st 2025 and progressively increasingreto the full programfactor of 1. zero point board July 1, 2 029. This type of change would provide enhanced funding and additional support resources for billanguage for and bilingual and multiculturalturally beational programs in the schools, potentially reflecting increased a greater emphasis on or recognition of theimthe role of multicand multicsupports in the New Mexico Mexico education system??system. ötHuman:: Does the bill text additional context or reasoning for or objective as this change? : bill amendment text does not provide an explicit explanation reasoning or objective beyond for the proposed changeive. The, provided XML not include an exposure statement, the fiscal impact analysis,, or legislative a narrative beyond the theailing specific rationale behind progressively increasing the the the the factor for bilmulticingualingual education program units. To text merely stipulates 'clean' language amending the the existing law to increase the the cost differential factor factor over five years years. To: given that absence of context, can you suggest a plausreasonableibleionale for why thissome this type?

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (4)

Last Action

Sent to HEC - Referrals: HEC/HAFC (on 01/29/2025)

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