SECTIONS 78262 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 78262

78262. (a) The Chancellor's Office of the California Community
Colleges shall fund the development of regional nursing resource
centers that bring together school, hospital, and faculty needs and
availability in a regionalized, online format to help schools match
their student clinical needs to available openings, assist hospitals
to manage their clinical rotation schedules, and facilitate the
filling of vacant nursing faculty positions.
(b) The chancellor's office shall fund regional nursing resource
center startup grants to develop clinical placement and clinical
faculty resource systems. Each startup grant shall last for no more
than 30 months. An applicant for a grant under this article shall do
all of the following:
(1) Select an entity for managing the grant.
(2) Ensure the participation of at least 75 percent of the nursing
programs and hospitals in the coverage area.
(3) Provide matching funds on a 1:1 basis.
(4) Demonstrate the sustainability of the system after the grant
terminates.
(c) The chancellor's office shall be responsible for developing a
request for funding application from hospital and school regional
partnerships seeking grant funds and providing technical assistance
to communities for the purpose of developing proposals.