Summary: Across the nation school budgets are in crisis and cuts are being made at every level. In this segment we ask two experts to share with us what their research shows about the chances that your school nurse job may be cut. We also look at how school administrators are thinking about the priority of school health in their budget, trends being explored for funding school nursing and practical steps you can personally take ensure that school health gets funded. Dan Domenech is executive director of Association of School Administrators (AASA). Nicole Fauteux writes about health policy and the health professions. As a senior researcher and writer with Spann Communications, she has authored policy briefs in the Charting Nursing's Future series.
