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House committee introduces proposal to add 30 non‑WWAMI medical seats, orders board study
Summary
Rep. Dustin Manwaring introduced RS32594C1, a proposal to add 30 new non‑WWAMI medical school seats over three years and direct the State Board of Education to convene a working group to plan Idaho medical education expansion; committee voted to introduce the request with one recorded nay.
Representative Dustin Manwaring, Republican of Pocatello, told the House Education Committee that RS32594C1 would create 30 new non‑WWAMI seats in medical education beginning in the 2026–27 academic year and direct the State Board of Education to appoint a working group to develop a medical education plan.
The measure would add 10 non‑WWAMI seats the first year, and 10 more in each of the following two years; in the second year the bill would reallocate 10 seats away from the WWAMI partnership with the University of Washington, producing a net zero impact in one later year, Manwaring said. He…
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