A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Critical Race Theory serves as a prejudicial ideological tool, rather than an educational tool, and should not be taught in K-12 classrooms as a way to teach students to judge individuals based on sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.
- Last Action
- 5/27/2021
Actions
- 2021-02-04Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-02-04Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-04 (00)
Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act or the FAAN Act
This bill authorizes the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants to nursing schools to increase capacity to respond to public health emergencies and pandemics and otherwise enhance nursing education programs.
In awarding these grants, HRSA shall prioritize historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, schools that are located in medically underserved communities, and schools in areas with shortages of health professionals.
Cosponsors (2)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Nursing
- Rural conditions and development
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
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