Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Jan 27, 2026
What it does
The Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act of 2026 would establish a demonstration program to supplement the salaries of new nursing faculty members by awarding grants to accredited schools of nursing, aiming to improve recruitment and retention by closing the gap between clinical nursing pay and faculty salaries. The program would provide up to three years of funding per faculty member, calculated as the difference between the average clinical nurse salary and the higher of the faculty member’s current salary or the average faculty salary for similar credentials, with funds required to be used solely for salary supplementation. Priority would be given to schools demonstrating financial need,…
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