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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Education Code - EDC |
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Title 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION |
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Division 8. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY |
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Part 55. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY |
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Chapter 2. Education Programs |
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ARTICLE 8. Entry-Level Master’s Nursing Programs |
Section 89276.
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(a) The chancellor shall annually establish the total amount of funding necessary to support four entry-level master's degree programs in nursing at the California State University.
(b) Funding provided under this article may not exceed one-half the annual actual cost of the entry-level master's program.
(c) The California State University may enroll students in both oncampus credit courses and self-supporting Extended Education courses in order to recoup the remaining annual actual program costs in excess of any supplemental funding that is allocated pursuant to this article.
(d) The chancellor shall allocate supplemental funds pursuant to subdivision (a), granting first priority to campuses that fulfill one or both of the following criteria:
(1) Primarily serve, or train nurses to serve, those counties with the lowest ratio of registered nurses per 100,000 residents.
(2) Offer programs that are established in collaboration with private industry partners, if the private industry partner provides financial assistance in the form of one or more of the following:
(A) Direct financial support.
(B) Tuition or student fee assistance.
(C) In-kind nursing faculty, staff, or mentor assistance.
(e) If no funding is provided in the annual Budget Act to fulfill the obligations of this article, the California State University is encouraged to make entry-level master's program courses available to students through self-supporting Extended Education programs, whereby students pay the full cost of instruction, as determined by the individual campus.
(f) On or before January 1 of each year, the chancellor shall prepare and submit to the Legislature a report regarding the status of the California State University entry-level master's programs, including, but not necessarily limited to, the number of programs created, the number of licensed registered nurses resulting from the entry-level master's prelicensure program component, and the number of nurses with a master's degree in nursing that have graduated from California State University entry-level master's programs.