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Idaho State president says forensic-pathology funds will be returned; pledges tighter controls
Summary
Idaho State University President Rob Wagner told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Jan. 29 that funds the Legislature had appropriated for an Eastern Idaho Forensic Pathology Center were largely transferred to a county under a memorandum of understanding and that the university will return the remaining appropriation to the state.
Idaho State University President Rob Wagner told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Jan. 29 that funds the Legislature had appropriated for an Eastern Idaho Forensic Pathology Center were largely transferred to a county under a memorandum of understanding and that the university will return the remaining appropriation to the state.
The announcement followed a staff presentation by Kevin Campbell, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, and a committee request for an audit into the matter. Campbell said a report prepared for the committee is online, and an audit has been requested and is “just now in process.” He also noted a technical review of the university’s tuition-and-fees fund data and said, “happily, ISU has not overdrawn its bank account.”
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