13-R404
2013 -- H 6312 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/03/13
H O U S E R E S
O L U T I O N
THAT THIS HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES HEREBY ENCOURAGES AND SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF THE
Introduced By: Representatives Blazejewski, and Lally
Date Introduced: June 27, 2013
WHEREAS,
University), and the
education and research programs, which produce approximately
80% of the state's nursing
program graduates each year; and
WHEREAS, The facilities housing the nursing programs at the College
and the
University are aging, lack current technologies and smart
classrooms, and are at their physical
enrollment capacities; and
WHEREAS, Projected local and national shortages of nursing candidates
for licensure
and nursing faculty are expected to adversely impact the
delivery of health care in the coming
years; and
WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the State of
and the College to educate students at all levels in the
sciences and caring for complex health care
challenges in a low-risk environment, to provide critical
continuing education in order to support
workforce development, and to produce more nursing graduates at
the baccalaureate, masters, and
doctoral levels; and
WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the State of
financing for its public nursing higher education facilities as
outlined in the May 23, 2011,
feasibility study authorized by this House of Representatives in
the fiscal year 2012 budget which
proposed the development of a single, shared,
inter-institutional nursing sciences and education
facility to be located in
WHEREAS, Location of a
shared facility in collaboration with
and current partnerships with
major hospitals and other health care providers; and
WHEREAS, A shared
nursing education facility would be an investment by the citizens
of
area in which the new nursing school will be located, with
programs to encourage the pursuit of
careers in nursing, increased opportunities to attend the
College and the University to pursue
nursing education, and financial and other assistance to
facilitate nursing program completion;
and
WHEREAS,
Decisions regarding the nursing education facility that involve and impact
both the
made by either the University or College alone but through
a shared governance committee
comprised of appropriate and equal numbers of individuals from
the University and the College
and chaired by a senior staff member of the board of
education; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this House of Representatives hereby encourages
and supports the
efforts of the Rhode Island Board of Education and the
Department of Administration to locate a
shared nursing education facility at the South Street Power
Station in
further
RESOLVED,
That neither the state properties committee nor the
board of education shall
enter into any lease agreement without the express approval
of the House of Representatives
pursuant to
RESOLVED,
That this House Resolution shall take effect
immediately upon its passage
by the House of Representatives; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the
Governor, the Chair of the Board of
Education, the Director of
the Department of Administration, the State Budget Officer, and the
Chairman
of the State Properties Committee.
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