Texas Education Code

§ 61.96232 — GRANTS TO INCREASE NUMBER OF GRADUATES: APPLICATION PROCESS

ED § 61.96232Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION · Ch. 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD · Art. Z. PROFESSIONAL NURSING SHORTAGE REDUCTION PROGRAM

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(a)The board by rule shall establish a process under which a public or private institution of higher education that offers a professional nursing program may apply for a grant under this subchapter and the commissioner of higher education, contingent on appropriations of money for the grants, selects one or more applicants to receive a grant based on criteria established by board rule. The criteria must include the institution's agreement that the institution's professional nursing program will enroll additional students or graduate additional students prepared for initial licensure as registered nurses.

(b)The process established under Subsection (a) may authorize the commissioner of higher education to accept a joint application from multiple institutions that agree to cooperate on a regional or joint basis for their professional nursing programs to enroll additional students or graduate additional students prepared for initial licensure as registered nurses.

(c)The application for a grant under this section must require the institution applying for a grant to:

(1)state the number of additional students that the institution's professional nursing program intends to enroll or graduate;

(2)identify benchmarks for determining adequate progress toward enrolling or graduating those additional students;

(3)state the amount of grant money requested; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1042 (H.B. 4471), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.