The 87th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, appropriated $9,440,024 to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for the Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Program Regular Program. The amount of $9,440,024 will be distributed to the state’s public and independent institutions of higher education that have eligible nursing programs that submit a completed application and demonstrate an increase in the total number of nursing graduates at the associate, baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degree levels from academic year 2023 (September 2022 through August 2023). Award amounts are subject to any additional budgetary reductions enacted.
Awards are based upon each qualifying institution’s increase in graduates as a percentage share of the total increased number of graduates reported by qualifying institutions.