Senate committee backs tuition-equalization change for nursing program to address workforce shortfall
Lawmakers gave a unanimous do-pass recommendation to House Bill 541 to adjust the tuition-equalization grant code for a nursing program (Chamberlain) that serves many nontraditional students; sponsor cited projections of a 20% registered-nurse shortfall and an estimated 25,000 deficit by 2038.
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Representative Dempsey presented House Bill 541, a narrowly tailored code change to allow a tuition-equalization grant to better support a specific nursing program (Chamberlain) that primarily serves nontraditional students and second-career learners.
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