SECTION 9. PUBLIC EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2023
APPROPRIATIONS.--The following appropriations to the public
education department are from the general fund for
expenditure in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 for the purposes
specified and, unless otherwise indicated, the unexpended or
unencumbered balance of an appropriation in this section at
the end of fiscal year 2024 shall revert to the general fund:
A. for statewide projects:
(1) three hundred seventy-five thousand
dollars ($375,000) for school-based inclusion programs that
foster one-to-one friendships between students with and
without intellectual and developmental disabilities;
(2) one hundred twenty thousand dollars
($120,000) for a brain education program;
(3) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
for high school dropout prevention programs serving at-risk
populations;
(4) one hundred fifty thousand dollars
($150,000) to contract for statewide in-person and virtual
training to community and youth groups and to provide media
literacy and multi-room production studio equipment; and
(5) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)
to contract for a school re-engagement program that helps
at-risk high school students graduate and attend college;
B. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to
purchase stadium equipment and crew lights for the Alamogordo
public school district;
C. for the Albuquerque public school district:
(1) one hundred fifty thousand dollars
($150,000) to provide enhanced six-week summer and other
out-of-school-time programming that includes literacy and
mathematics enrichment, social-emotional learning, physical
wellness and swimming, life and career skills and
individualized tutoring for kindergarten through twelfth
grade students attending public schools in the Albuquerque
metropolitan area who are from under-resourced families;
provided that a report to the legislative education study
committee by October 1, 2024 shall include the effect of the
programs on academic achievement and student and family
engagement;
(2) one hundred fifty thousand dollars
($150,000) for an in-school re-engagement program for
at-risk, underserved or disadvantaged students in
Albuquerque;
(3) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
for Title 1 after-school programs that help families overcome
poverty;
(4) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)
to contract for services and education pertaining to
financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurial skills
for kindergarten through twelfth grade students;
(5) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)
for interns and mental wellness rooms in high schools in
house district 28;
(6) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)
for the Robert F. Kennedy charter school for career technical
education; and
(7) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)
for Cien Aguas international school building and grounds
improvements;
D. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for
facilities improvements and equipment at the South Valley
preparatory school in Bernalillo county;
E. two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to
purchase and repair playground equipment at La Merced
elementary school in the Belen consolidated school district;
F. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to fund
a shooting and firearm training program for the Corona public
school district;
G. eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) to
install electronic vape detectors at Deming high school in
the Deming public school district;
H. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to
purchase equipment for Middle College high school in Gallup,
including intercom, fire alarm systems, kitchen equipment,
technology infrastructure, furniture and fixture equipment;
I. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for
repairs and renovations of Tydings auditorium in the Hobbs
municipal school district;
J. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for
classroom extension programs, including travel, materials,
certifications, workshops, field trips and training for
teachers and students in the Las Cruces public school
district;
K. one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars
($125,000) to fund programs at Aldo Leopold charter school in
Silver City;
L. eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) to
purchase and equip school vehicles for the Lordsburg
municipal school district;
M. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for
science, technology, engineering and mathematics support and
equipment for the Los Alamos public school district robotics
teams;
N. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to
expand career technical education in the Lovington municipal
school district;
O. ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) for security
and gunshot detection in the Mountainair public school
district;
P. one hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($115,000)
for equipment at the career technical center in the
Rio Rancho public school district;
Q. two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($290,000)
for the purchase of artificial intelligence equipment and to
contract with consultants at the ASK academy charter school
in Sandoval county;
R. four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000)
for vehicle, equipment and supplies for career technical
education career pathways in the Rio Rancho public school
district;
S. for the Santa Fe public school district:
(1) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)
for child care materials and educational resources;
(2) seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)
for a child care program; and
(3) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
to promote performance arts using performing arts venues to
extend outreach to youth groups in Santa Fe;
T. one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to
purchase a school vehicle for the Truth or Consequences
municipal school district; and
U. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for
sports and audio equipment for schools in the West Las Vegas
public school district.