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1998 SESSION
HB 1061 School Nurse Incentive Grants Program and Fund; created.
Introduced by: Kenneth R. Plum | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
School Nurse Incentive Grants Program and Fund; cigarette tax increase. Establishes the School Nurse Incentive Grants Program and Fund, to be administered by the Board of Education, to be disbursed to award matching grants to school boards to employ, or contract with local health departments for, nursing services to achieve the ratio of at least one nurse per 750 students in the relevant school division. The Board shall establish criteria for making grants from the Fund, including procedures for determining amounts of grants and the required local match, which shall be calculated on the basis of the composite index of local ability to pay. The Board may issue guidelines governing the Program.
The bill also doubles the cigarette tax from one and one-quarter mills to two and one-half mills per cigarette. The revenues collected from the increase shall be deposited into the School Nurse Incentive Grants Fund for use in the Program.
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HISTORY
- 01/26/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 985984492
- 01/26/98 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/28/98 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 3
- 02/09/98 House: Reported from Education (19-Y 4-N)
- 02/09/98 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/18/98 House: No action taken by Finance by voice vote