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Committee endorses higher graduate weights for nursing and allied health; estimates $49.7M statewide cost
Summary
A subcommittee recommended raising graduate nursing and allied health formula weights (to 1.508 and 1.233 respectively) based on aggregated institution cost comparisons; staff estimated a $49.7 million incremental statewide cost for applying the new weights.
The advisory committee advanced recommendations to increase formula weights for graduate nursing and allied health programs after a subgroup analysis of institutional costs.
Jenny Gomez Leon, lead for Charge 2a, told members that data collected from participating institutions (UT Health Houston, Texas Tech Health Science Center, UNT and UT Health San Antonio) used an…
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