
Murray State and Eastern Kentucky get KY House approval for new veterinary, medical programs
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The Kentucky House passed bills that would allow Murray State University to create a school of veterinary medicine and Eastern Kentucky University to offer medical degrees.
The authorization bills now head to the Senate. Another key issue to be resolved is whether the proposed academic programs will receive the state funding needed to get established. That could be decided next month when lawmakers hash out the final details of the state's next two-year budget. The new programs also would have to gain approval from the state Council on Postsecondary Education.
The House action moved Murray State closer to achieving its longstanding ambition of becoming the first Kentucky school to offer doctorate-level veterinarian degrees. An in-state school would be crucial in fixing a broad shortage of veterinarians, especially in treating large animals, supporters said.