The AGNSLS Board is composed of the following:
- The dean, chair, or director of each of the accredited graduate nursing programs in the state that offers a nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist, specialty in primary care nurse midwife, nurse anesthesia, or nursing administration graduate preparation or preparation for nurse educators at the master’s or doctoral levels
- The President of the Council of Nurse Administrators of Nursing Education Programs in Arkansas
- The President of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing or the president’s designee
- The Director of the Department of Health or the director’s designee
- One (1) consumer, to be appointed by the Governor
Board Responsibilities:
The Graduate Nurse Educator Loan and Scholarship Board is responsible for
- Determining eligibility of graduate nursing applicants for loans
- Naming graduate recipients of such assistance
- Setting the amounts of loans
- Making all disbursements and collections
- Making compliance and non-compliance determinations