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Committee scales back vet school funding, preserves diagnostic lab support
Summary
The House committee adopted a dash-1 amendment that removes a $10 million appropriation for the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine and preserves $3.5 million for Oregon State University's veterinary diagnostic laboratory; the amended House Bill 2167 was moved to Ways and Means with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water Committee on March 17 adopted an amendment that removes a proposed $10 million appropriation for the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine and keeps a $3.5 million appropriation for Oregon State University's veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
The amendment, described by Vice Chair Finger McDonald as a scale-down to ensure at least one program receives funding, passed on a voice vote. “We have amended this bill to preserve the funding for the laboratory at the veterinary school at OSU,” Finger McDonald said, explaining the committee’s concern that funding both the college and the lab could result in funding for…
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