The Commissioner shall select applicants for funding based on the following requirements and award priority criteria, as required by Texas Education Code, §61.9804. Priority criteria for applications shall include:

1. (1) Collaborative educational models between one or more participating hospitals and one or more participating education programs that have signed a memorandum of understanding or other written agreement under which the participants agree to comply with standards established by the Coordinating Board, including any standards the Coordinating Board may establish that:

   1. (A) Provide for program management that offers a centralized decision-making process allowing for inclusion of each entity participating in the partnership;
   2. (B) Provide for access to clinical training positions for students in graduate professional nursing and residents/fellows in graduate medical education programs that are not participating in the partnership; and
   3. (C) Specify the details of any requirement relating to a student or a resident/fellow in a participating education program being employed after graduation in a hospital participating in the partnership, including any details relating to the employment of students who do not complete the program, are not offered a position at the hospital, or choose to pursue other employment;

2. (2) A demonstrable education model to:

   1. (A) Increase the number of students enrolled in, the number of students graduating from, and the number of faculty employed by each participating education program; and
   2. (B) Improve student or resident retention in each participating education program;
3. (3) The availability of money to match a portion of the grant money, including matching money or in-kind services approved by the board from a hospital, private or nonprofit entity, or institution of higher education;
4. (4) Replicability by other emergency and trauma care education partnerships or other graduate professional nursing or graduate medical education programs; and
5. (5) Plans for sustainability of the partnership.

Source Note:The provisions of this §10.175 adopted to be effective November 14, 2024, 49 TexReg 8886.