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Creates a competitive federal grant program to help state and local education agencies ensure every K–12 school has at least one full‑time registered nurse and to support maintaining recommended nurse‑to‑student ratios. Grants fund recruitment, hiring, conversion of part‑time positions to full‑time, and retention measures (including pay), with applications requiring a needs assessment and plans to recruit and retain nurses from local and underrepresented communities.
The Department of Education must set up the program and issue regulations (including definitions and nurse‑to‑student ratio guidance) within 12 months of enactment, award grants for five‑year periods, and require annual reporting from grantees; the Department will consult HHS and Labor on rulemaking and definitions.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced January 9, 2025 by Frederica Wilson · Last progress January 9, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House