Senate committee hears divided testimony on bill to relax instructor degree requirement for nursing programs
Supporters told a Senate committee that Senate Bill 334 would ease a faculty bottleneck by allowing schools to hire instructors with degrees one level higher than the program they teach; opponents warned it could threaten accreditation, career mobility and quality if long-term care providers used the change to run unaccredited programs.
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A Senate committee heard competing views Wednesday on Senate Bill 334, which would add a requirement to the statutory school-approval process that nursing-school faculty hold a nursing degree at least one level above the program they teach, while authorizing the Board of Nursing to grant exemptions for hardship.
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