Sentences with phrase «state funding for school nurses»

State funding for school nurses has been far below the national standard for more than a decade, leaving many schools with a nurse on campus for only a few hours a week.

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Professional Development: The state provides funds for staff development in the area of HIV and offers other professional development opportunities for school nurses.

Lasher is running against Marisol Alcantara, a former union organizer for the New York State Nurses Association, and Robert Jackson, a former councilman who is also a plaintiff in a landmark case by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which argued that New York was under funding schools and not meeting its constitutional burden to provide children with a «sound basic education.»

Indeed, the lower court judge even relied on (and misapplied) the test established in a 1955 Opinion of the Court, which declared that it would be constitutional for the state to fund students attending nursing school, even if the school was religiously - affiliated:

For example, most state Medicaid laws allow schools to bill for specific services and then direct the reimbursed funds back into nursing positions (though only a little more than half of schools do so; Willgerodt & Brock, 201For example, most state Medicaid laws allow schools to bill for specific services and then direct the reimbursed funds back into nursing positions (though only a little more than half of schools do so; Willgerodt & Brock, 201for specific services and then direct the reimbursed funds back into nursing positions (though only a little more than half of schools do so; Willgerodt & Brock, 2016).

That money could come from the state or also from county governments, which provide 45 percent of the annual funding for school nurses.

When adjusting for enrollment and inflation, school funding has been cut in the following areas since leadership of the General Assembly switched hands in 2010 (a time period in which the state was already struggling to find resources as a result of the Great Recession): classroom teachers, instructional support personnel (counselors, nurses, librarians, etc.), school building administrators (principals and assistant principals), teacher assistants, transportation, low wealth schools, disadvantaged students, central office, limited English proficiency, academically gifted, small counties, driver training, and school technology.

Emergency management Military service Public safety Law enforcement Public interest law services Early childhood education (including licensed or regulated health care, Head Start, and state - funded pre-kindergarten) Public service for individuals with disabilities and the elderly Public health (including nurses, nurse practitioners, nurses in a clinical setting, and full - time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations and health care support occupations) Public education Public library services School library or other school - based seSchool library or other school - based seschool - based services