· Development of evidence and advocacy for inclusion of school nursing in ad hoc federal and state funding efforts (e.g., Every Student Succeeds Act).
· Funding models that promote competitive school nurse salaries, and recognize the cost savings to society that school nursing services provide
· Widening disparity between school nurse salaries and nurse salaries in other sectors.
· Eliminating pay inequities for school nurses.
· Reimbursement for health services in school on a par with services reimbursed in other health care environmnts,
· The need for evidence on the disparities between school nurse workloads resources and acuity of student and community needs.
· Development of evidence-based staffing/service models to meet the needs of the school population.
· Increasing recognition of the school nursing role in population health, such as illness prevention, wellness/health promotion, mental/behavioral health, concussion training, and increasing care coordination resulting from expansion of health benefits for children from the Affordable Care Act.