HB398 Alabama 2010 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Yusuf Salaam - Session
- Regular Session 2010
- Title
- Nursing scholarships, qualifications altered, funding increased, appropriation, Graduate Degree Scholarship for Nurses, Secs. 34-21-60, 34-21-61, 34-21-62, 34-21-63 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, the Alabama Board of Nursing awards graduate degree scholarships for nursing of $3,800 per year to those who qualify and agree to practice nursing in Alabama for one year.
This bill would increase the amount of the scholarship award to $10,000 and would award scholarships equal to five percent of those enrolled in graduate nursing programs in Alabama.
This bill would require applicants to have an Alabama professional nursing license, and agree to practice nursing in Alabama for two years.
This bill would give preference to applicants pursuing a career in nursing education.
This bill would provide for an appropriation to fund the scholarships.
- Subjects
- Nurses and Nursing
Bill Actions
Pending third reading on day 23 Favorable from Education Appropriations with 1 substitute
Indefinitely Postponed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Appropriations
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Source: Alabama Legislature