| | Sec. 1. State nursing academic programs to study and identify trends in nursing workforce | shortages and capacity. Resolved: That each head of a nursing academic | program of the University of Maine System and Maine Technical | College System shall study and identify trends in the nursing | workforce shortage in the State and the capacity of the head's | program to graduate the necessary number of students to | address this shortage; and be it further |
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| | Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That each head of a nursing academic | program of the University of Maine System and Maine Technical | College System shall report the findings to the Joint Standing | Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs no later than | January 5, 2004; and be it further |
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| | Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following | appropriations and allocations are made. |
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| University of Maine System |
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| Initiative: Provides funds to the University of Maine System | for 56 associate degree candidate slots in nursing and 80 | bachelor's degree candidate slots in nursing. |
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| General Fund | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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| | All Other | | $1,282,800 | $1,282,800 | |
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| | General Fund Total | $1,282,800 | $1,282,800 |
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| Maine Technical College System |
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| Initiative: Provides funds to the Maine Technical College | System for 56 associate degree candidate slots in nursing. |
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| General Fund | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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| | All Other | | $481,600 | $481,600 |
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| | General Fund Total | $481,600 | $481,600 |
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| DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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| | GENERAL FUND | $1,764,400 | $1,764,400 |
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| | DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $1,764,400 | $1,764,400 |
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| SECTION TOTALS | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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