| 1 | Representative Grimsley offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 286-317 and insert: |
| 5 | Government Accountability shall study the 5-year administration |
| 6 | of this section and submit reports to the Governor, the |
| 7 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
| 8 | Representatives by January 30, 2011, and annually thereafter |
| 9 | through January 30, 2015. The annual reports shall address the |
| 10 | previous academic year; set forth data on the measures specified |
| 11 | in paragraphs (a) and (b) for each prelicensure practical and |
| 12 | professional nursing program in the state, as such data becomes |
| 13 | available; and include an evaluation of such data for purposes |
| 14 | of determining whether this section is increasing the |
| 15 | availability of nursing programs and the production of quality |
| 16 | nurses. |
| 17 | (a) The education policy area of the Office of Program |
| 18 | Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall evaluate |
| 19 | program-specific data including, but not limited to: |
| 20 | 1. The number of nursing education programs and student |
| 21 | slots available. |
| 22 | 2. The number of student applications submitted, the |
| 23 | number of qualified applicants, and the number of students |
| 24 | accepted. |
| 25 | 3. The number of program graduates. |
| 26 | 4. Program retention rates of students tracked from |
| 27 | program entry to graduation. |
| 28 | 5. Graduate passage rates on the National Council of State |
| 29 | Boards of Nursing Licensing Examination. |
| 30 | 6. The number of graduates who become employed as |
| 31 | practical or professional nurses in the state. |
| 32 | (b) The Florida Center for Nursing shall evaluate the |
| 33 | board's implementation of the: |
| 34 | 1. Program application approval process, including, but |
| 35 | not limited to, the number of program applications submitted |
| 36 | under subsection (1); the number of program applications |
| 37 | approved and denied by the board under subsections (1) and (3); |
| 38 | the number of denials of program applications reviewed under |
| 39 | chapter 120; and a description of the outcomes of those reviews. |
| 40 | 2. Probation and termination processes, |
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| 43 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 44 | Remove lines 46-47 and insert: |
| 45 | Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct studies |
| 46 | and submit reports to the Governor and Legislature; |