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HR 5335 111th Congress House

Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible local educational agencies for the pu… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of reducing the student-to-nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools.

Introduced: June 22, 2010 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary education
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It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Introduced in House
May 18, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action May 18, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools. Defines an "eligible local education agency" as one for which: (1) not less than 20% of the students served are from families with incomes below the poverty line; and (2) the student-to-school nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools is 750 or more students to every school nurse.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2730 Related bill Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009
  • S 2750 Related bill Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5335: Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5335/
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"H.R. 5335: Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5335/.
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H.R. 5335, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5335/.
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