Detailed Summary

Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out programs under which commissioned officers of the Nurse Corps: (1) who have a graduate degree in nursing or a related field and have served for at least nine years serve a two-year tour of duty as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing (school); (2) with a graduate degree in nursing or a related field serve while on such duty as a full-time faculty member of a school in exchange for scholarships to such school for nurse officer candidates; (3) enter into a scholarship program at a school for education leading to a graduate degree; (4) receive assistance in obtaining positions as full-time faculty members at a school after retirement from the Armed Forces; and (5) who are retired from the Armed Forces, hold a graduate degree in nursing, and accept a position as a full-time faculty member of a school receive compensation and other benefits from such school without reduction of military retirement pay.

Requires: (1) each program to last at least two years; and (2) the Secretary to assess each program and determine if it should be continued.

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 5/7/2008: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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