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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #3126 |
| Nursing Education at Florida Southern College |
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| Requester: |
Anne B. Kerr, Ph.D., President |
Organization: |
Florida Southern College |
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| Project Title: |
Nursing Education at Florida Southern College |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 2:04:40 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Dockery |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project will address the critical shortage of nurses in the State of Florida and is in direct response to Governor Bush's plea for private institutions to help the State of Florida with the preparation of additional nurses and teachers. |
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| Recipient: |
Florida Southern College |
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Contact: |
Robert H. Tate |
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111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive |
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Contact Phone: |
(863) 680-4347 |
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Lakeland 33813 |
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Contact email: |
rtate@flsouthern.edu |
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| Counties: |
Polk |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Florida Southern College requests necessary funding to expand its nursing program to offer not only the RN to BSN and MS in Nursing degrees, but also to offer a four-year undergraduate generic nursing degree. The anticipated amount of start-up program costs is approximately $5 million . Florida Southern College respectfully requests $2 million for a facility to house laboratories, classrooms, and office space for additional nursing faculty. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Providing these facilities will allow Florida Southern College to help address the critical shortage of nurses in the State of Florida by graduating annually an additional 20 to 25 nurses. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$2,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$2,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Governor 's plea for private institutions to help the State with preparation of additional nurses |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
