Section 89274.

(a) The Chancellor of the California State University, in consultation with the Board of Registered Nursing, shall determine which campuses are eligible for supplemental funds for establishing entry-level master's programs in nursing at campuses of the California State University according to this section and according to all of the following criteria:

(1) The campus has a nursing program that is approved by the Board of Registered Nursing.

(2) In order to be eligible for funds, a program shall include an 18-month entry-level master's program prelicensure sequence that is followed by an 18-month entry-level master's program sequence.

(3) In order to be eligible for funds, a California State University program shall plan for, and ultimately enroll, at least 10 students with bachelor's degrees in the entry-level master's program prelicensure sequence, but no campus may receive funds for more than 20 new prelicensure students per academic year.

(4) Appropriated funds may not supplant funds that would otherwise be budgeted for graduate or undergraduate nursing education.

(b) This section does not limit or restrict the maximum number of students that can be enrolled in the entry-level master's prelicensure sequence or the entry-level master's program.

(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 718, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, pursuant to Section 89278.)