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Senate education panel reviews APA study on school nurses, teacher pipeline and administrator turnover
Summary
APA consultants told the Senate Education Committee that Arkansas lags national guidance on school‑nurse staffing and faces teacher pipeline shortfalls; consultants recommended targeted data collection and district interviews to refine Arkansas‑specific policy options.
Justin Silverstein, an APA consultant, told the Senate Education Committee on the consultants’ multi‑part review that the study will focus next on Arkansas‑specific data and stakeholder interviews.
The consultants presented three interrelated staffing issues: school nurses, teacher recruitment and retention, and school administrators. Janie Pistaceli, an APA associate, said national guidance from the National Association of School Nurses recommends a 750:1 student‑to‑nurse ratio for healthy students and lower ratios for higher‑need pupils. She reported that the study found Arkansas at about 918 students per nurse in the comparison set and that…
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