3.0.0 2572 2023-01-11T13:31:59Z 2023-01-11T13:31:59Z Senate S 2016-02-24 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-24T19:12:38Z 2016-02-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-02-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2016-02-24 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2016-02-24 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2016-02-24 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2016-03-10 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2016-04-04 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-09-12 False Education Child health Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Nursing Education 00 2016-02-24 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-11T17:06:08Z Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act or the NURSE Act

This bill establishes a competitive demonstration grant program through which the Department of Education (ED) shall award matching funds to increase the number of school nurses in public elementary and secondary schools served by an eligible entity. An eligible entity is a state educational agency or local educational agency (LEA) in which at least 20% of students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program.

In awarding grant funds, ED shall give priority to high-need LEAs that demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional nursing services. A high-need LEA is one in which at least 40% and no fewer than 15,000 students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program.

]]> NURSE Act Display Title NURSE Act Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced NURSE Act Short Titles as Introduced Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act Introduced in Senate 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2572is/xml/BILLS-114s2572is.xml 2016-02-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.