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H.R. 305 119th Congress House

One School, One Nurse Act of 2025

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary and secondary scho… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary and secondary school has at least one registered nurse on staff.

Introduced: January 9, 2025 Introduced by: Frederica S. Wilson Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
Education Administrative law and regulatory proceduresChild healthDepartment of EducationEducation programs funding
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Elementary and secondary educationEmployee hiringGovernment information and archivesNursingPerformance measurementState and local government operations
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 9, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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One School, One Nurse Act of 2025

This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to eligible entities for recruiting, hiring, and retaining school nurses. An eligible entity is a local educational agency (LEA) or a partnership between a state educational agency and a consortium of LEAs in the state.

Further, ED must specify in regulation the recommended nurse-to-student ratios for elementary and secondary schools.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jul 21, 2026
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Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · May 19, 2026
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Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Mar 26, 2026
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 29, 2025
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 21, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 305: One School, One Nurse Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-305/
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"H.R. 305: One School, One Nurse Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-305/.
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H.R. 305, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-305/.
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