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Committee approves amendment adding institutional match and broader eligible uses to Kansas Nursing Initiative grant program
Summary
The House Higher Education Budget Committee adopted an amendment to HB 2248 that adds a dollar-for-dollar institutional match, expands eligible uses for grants, and revises the definition of eligible postsecondary nursing programs; the committee then voted to report the bill favorably as amended.
The House Committee on Higher Education Budget on Friday voted to adopt an amendment to HB 2248, the Kansas Nursing Initiative Grant Program, that adds a required dollar-for-dollar institutional match, broadens allowable uses for grants and revises which postsecondary institutions are eligible to apply.
Vice Chair Sanders moved the amendment, which Representative Amex seconded. The committee carried the amendment by voice/hand vote and subsequently voted to report HB 2248 favorably as amended.
The amendment redefines a "postsecondary education institution" for the program to mean an institution with a physical presence in Kansas that offers a nursing course of instruction that is both nationally accredited and approved by the Kansas Board of Nursing. Revisor Walters told the committee that the change would…
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