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PUBLIC LAW 90-490-AUG. 16, 1968 "IMPROVEMENT I N NURSE

TRAINING

"SEC. 805. (a) From the sums available therefor from appropriations under section 808 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and the next fiscal year, grants may be made to assist any public or nonprofit private agency, organization, or institution to meet the cost of special projects to plan, develop, or establish new programs or modifications of existing programs of nursing education or to effect significant improvements in curriculums of schools of nursing or for research in the various fields of nursing education, or to assist schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet their costs of operation or to assist schools of nursing which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements, or to assist in otherwise strengthening, improving, or expanding programs of nursing education, or to assist any such agency, organization, or institution to meet the costs of other special projects which will help to increase the supply of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation. " (b) In determining priority of projects for which applications are filed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority in the following order: " (1) the relative need of the applicant (if a school of nursing) for financial assistance to continue in operation or avoid curtailing enrollment or reduction in the q^uality of training provided; "(2) the special need of the applicant for financial assistance in connection with its merger with a school of nursing; "(3) the relative need of the applicant for financial assistance to maintain or provide for accreditation as a school of nursing; and "(4) the extent to which the project will increase enrollment of full-time students receiving nursing training.
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Priorities.

GRANTS

"SEC. 806. (a) The sums available for grants under this section from appropriations under section 808 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and the next fiscal year shall be distributed to the schools with approved applications as follows: Each school shall receive $15,000; and of the remainder— " (A) 75 per centum shall be distributed on the basis of— "(i) the relative enrollment of full-time students for such year, and "(ii) the relative increase in enrollment of such students for such year over the average enrollment of such school for the five school years preceding the year for which the application is made; with the amount per full-time student so computed that a school receives twice as much for each such student in the increase as for other full-time students, and " (B) 25 per centum shall be distributed on the basis of the relative number of graduates for such year. I n computing the increase under clause (A) (ii) of the preceding sentence for any school, there shall be excluded a number equal to the increase required by subsection (b) (except in the case of a school to which the third sentence of such subsection applies). " (b) The Secretary shall not make a grant under this section to any school from any appropriation for a fiscal year ending after June 30, 1970, unless the application for such grant contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that for the first school year beginning after the fiscal year for which such grant is made and each school year thereafter

Distribution.

Enrollment increase requirement.

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