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 PUBLIC LAW 94-63—JULY 29, 1975

89 STAT. 357

applied for is to be made will not be less than the first-year enrollment of such students in the school in the preceding school year; and "(B) that the school will expend in carrying out its function as a school of nursing, during the fiscal year for which such grant is sought, an amount of funds (other than funds for construction as determined by the Secretary) from non-Federal sources which is at least as great as the average amount of funds expended by such applicant for such purposes (excluding expenditures of a nonrecurring nature) in the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which such grant is sought. The requirement of subparagraph (A) shall be in addition to the requirements of section 802(b)(2)(D), where applicable. 42 USC 296a. "(2) The Secretary shall not make a grant under subsection (a) to any school of nursing in a fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1975, unless one of the following requirements is met: "(A) The application for such grant shall contain or be supported by reasonable assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that for the school year beginning after the close of the fiscal year in which such grant is to be made and for each school year thereafter beginning in a fiscal year in which such a grant is made the first year enrollment of full-time students in such school will exceed the number of such students enrolled in the school year beginning during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975— "(i) by 10 per centum of such number if such number was not more than one hundred, or "(ii) by 5 per centum of such number, or ten students, whichever is greater, if such number was more than one hundred. "(B) The school has provided reasonable assurance satisfactory to the Secretary that it will carry out, in accordance with a plan submitted by the school to the Secretary and approved iDy him, at least two of the following programs in the school year beginning after the close of the fiscal year in which such grant is to be made and in each school year thereafter beginning in a fiscal year in which such a grant is made: " (i) In the case of collegiate schools of nursing, a program for the training of nurse practitioners (as defined in section 822). Posf, p. 361,. "(ii) A program under which students enrolled in a school of nursing will receive a significant portion of their clinical training in community health centers, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory care facilities geographically remote from the main site of the teaching facilities of the school. "(iii) A program for the contmuing education of nurses which meets needs identified by appropriate State, regional, or local health or educational entities (including health systems agencies). "(iv) A program to identify, recruit, enroll, retain, and graduate individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary) under which program at least 10 per centum of each year's entering class (or ten students, whichever is greater) is comprised of such individuals.".

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