A bill to make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies or consortia of eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of increasing the numbers of school nurses in public elementary schools and secondary schools.
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Latest Action · May 8, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act or the NURSE Act
This bill establishes a demonstration grant program through which the Department of Education shall award matching funds to increase the number of school nurses in public elementary and secondary schools served by a state educational agency or local educational agency in which at least 20% of students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program.
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