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Board backs legislative outreach for nursing‑education fixes and college‑grant expansion
Summary
Board members gave general support to two draft bills: one seeking to streamline nursing‑program approval by relying on national accreditation (with an 80% NCLEX pass‑rate safeguard), and another to extend the Washington College Grant to some short‑term workforce certificates pending rulemaking; members raised implementation and fiscal questions.
At its Dec. 15 meeting the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges reviewed two draft legislative proposals and authorized staff to continue stakeholder outreach and rulemaking work.
Arlen Harris presented a draft nursing‑education bill that would rely on national nursing accreditation documentation for state program approval and reduce certain educator credential requirements (for example, removing a PhD requirement for simulation directors), while allowing the Washington Board of Nursing to…
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