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Senate panel advances bill setting minimum education level for nursing instructors
Summary
The Senate Commerce Committee advanced Senate Bill 334, which would require nursing-school faculty to hold a nursing degree at least one level higher than the program they teach; the committee passed the bill after debate over accreditation and potential effects on licensing pass rates.
The Senate Commerce Committee voted to report Senate Bill 334 favorably after members debated whether new instructor-education requirements would help expand the nursing workforce or risk student outcomes.
Committee staff told the panel that SB 334 “relates to nursing workforce development and provides education levels for instructors at nursing schools,” and would amend KSA 65-11-19 to require evidence that a program’s faculty “possess a nursing degree awarded by a state or nationally accredited school of nursing … at least 1 level more…
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