Approve Renewal Affiliation Agreement with James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital for Erwin Technical Center Practical Nursing Program (Technical and Career Education)

Florida Department of Education curriculum frameworks require on-site clinical training for Health Science Education enrollees. At this time we have more than one hundred clinical facilities that provide hands-on laboratory experiences for secondary and postsecondary students based on affiliation agreements. The length of programs in which students are enrolled range from three weeks to fourteen months. These standard agreements are necessary to fulfill our obligation to students for clinical experiences. The partnerships we establish with the clinical facilities in the community are essential to our Health Science Education programs and are beneficial to the health care industry. We are pleased that the quality of our graduates provides an incentive to the health care industry to continue our long-term mutually beneficial relationship.

Goal 3 – Student performance on FCAT science will increase a minimum of 5 percentage points.

James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital provides clinical facilities at no cost to the district.