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Establishing a nursing education grant program and fund to be administered by the college student aid commission and making appropriations
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa could start a grant program to help private, nonprofit colleges and universities pay for nursing student training. These schools could use the money to hire staff or buy equipment needed for clinical education. The state college student aid commission would manage the money and decide how to award the grants.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes a nursing education grant program for the purpose of providing grants to accredited private nonprofit colleges and universities in Iowa to fund clinical education for students in nursing education programs. Subject to an appropriation of moneys for this purpose, the college student aid commission shall administer the program. The bill establishes a nursing education grant fund in the state treasury under the control of the commission. Moneys credited to the fund are appropriated to the commission for purposes of distributing grants as provided in the bill. The bill directs the commission to distribute moneys contained in the fund as grants to accredited private nonprofit colleges and universities in Iowa for the establishment, expansion, or enhancement of clinical education for students in nursing education programs. Permitted uses of grant funds received through the program shall include but are not limited to funding the cost of personnel and equipment necessary to establish, expand, or enhance such clinical education. The bill directs the commission to develop a grant application; selection, evaluation, and award amount criteria; and applicable procedures and timelines for the program.