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| Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and | allocations are made. |
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| FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE |
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| Nursing Education Loan Repayment Fund |
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| Initiative: Provides funds to the nursing education loan | repayment fund to increase the number of nursing faculty in | nursing education programs in the State. |
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| General Fund | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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| | General Fund Total | $50,000 | $50,000 |
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| FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE |
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| | GENERAL FUND | $50,000 | $50,000 |
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| | DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $50,000 | $50,000 |
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| SECTION TOTALS | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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| | GENERAL FUND | $50,000 | $50,000 |
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| | SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $50,000 | $50,000 |
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| | This bill creates the nursing education loan repayment | program and fund, to be administered by the Finance Authority | of Maine, for the purpose of increasing nursing faculty at | nursing education programs in the State. The program will | repay up to $4,500 of education loans for a master's degree | and up to $6,000 of education loans for a doctoral degree for | a nurse who commits to working as faculty in a nursing | education program in the State for a minimum of 3 years after | acceptance into the program. This bill appropriates $50,000 | from the General Fund each year for the next 2 years to | finance the program. |
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