118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 305One School, One Nurse Act of 2023

To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary and secondary school has at least one registered nurse on staff.

Education
Introduced Jan 11, 2023
Last action Jan 20, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jan 11, 2023
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Referred
Jan 20, 2023
Education and Workforce · E&C
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to eligible entities for recruiting, hiring, and retaining school nurses. An eligible entity is a local educational agency (LEA) or a partnership between a state educational agency and a consortium of LEAs in the state. Further, ED must specify in regulation the recommended nurse-to-student ratios for elementary and secondary schools.

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 4 actions
Jan 20, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 11, 2023
Introduced in House
Jan 11, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 11, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.