Section 23.189 - Applicant Ranking PrioritiesIf there are not sufficient funds to award loan repayment assistance for all eligible nursing faculty whose applications are received by the published deadline, priority shall be given to renewal applications. Initial applications shall be ranked in a manner that takes into account the following information, provided by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies:
(1) the number of vacant nursing faculty positions, as a percentage of the total number of nursing faculty positions at the eligible institutions; and(2) the degree of difficulty in recruiting and retaining nursing faculty at the eligible institutions, indicated by the period of time nursing faculty positions remain vacant at the institutions.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 23.189
The provisions of this §23.189 adopted to be effective November 20, 2013, 38 TexReg 8199; transferred from 21.633 Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 48, November 25, 2016, TexReg 9341, eff. 12/15/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 32, August 9, 2024, TexReg 5989, eff. 8/15/2024