LRB-1918/P1
MDK:amn
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Mott, BB0302 - Fellowship and loan forgiveness program for nurse educators
For 2019-2021 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Higher education
1. Nurse educators
The bill requires the Board of Regents of the UW System to establish a program that provides 1) fellowships to students who enroll in certain advanced nursing degree programs; 2) postdoctoral fellowships to recruit faculty for UW System nursing programs; and 3) educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain faculty for UW System nursing programs. In addition, the program must require individuals who receive fellowships or educational assistance to make a three-year commitment to teaching in a UW System nursing program.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.285 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
20.285 (1) (f) Nurse educators. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to fund the costs of the program established under s. 36.615 (1).
****Note: This Section
involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 36.615 of the statutes is created to read:
36.615 Nurse educators. (1) Subject to sub. (2), the Board of Regents shall establish a program for providing all of the following:
(a) Fellowships to students who enroll in programs for degrees in doctor of nursing practice or doctor of philosophy in nursing.
(b) Postdoctoral fellowships to recruit faculty for system nursing programs.
(c) Educational loan repayment assistance to recruit and retain faculty for system nursing programs.
(2) The program established under sub. (1) shall require individuals who receive fellowships under sub. (1) (a) or (b) or assistance under sub. (1) (c) to make a commitment to teach for 3 consecutive years in a system nursing program.
(3) Costs associated with the program established under sub. (1) shall be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (f).
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