The FAAN Act authorizes federal grants to nursing schools to address the national nursing shortage by increasing enrollment and faculty hiring, modernizing facilities and equipment, and enhancing educational programs. Grants will prioritize nursing schools serving medically underserved areas, health professional shortage areas, rural regions, and institutions serving disadvantaged populations including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, low-income students, and first-generation college students. Schools receiving grants must use funds for activities such as student retention and mentorship programs, faculty recruitment and retention, clinical education partnerships, infrastructure improvements including simulation technology, and development of nurse researcher programs. The bill authorizes $1 billion in federal funding for these grants and requires nursing schools to submit annual reports on their grant activities, with a comprehensive report to Congress due five years after enactment detailing student enrollment, graduation rates, faculty retention, and progress in addressing nursing workforce shortages.
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