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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1048
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
VETERINARIANS: Provides relative to admissions to the LSU School of Veterinary
Medicine
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:1493, relative to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine; to provide for2
legislative findings; to provide relative to admissions evaluations; to provide relative3
to the number of Louisiana residents admitted to the school; to provide relative to4
recruitment of such Louisiana students; to provide for reports to the Legislature; and5
to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:1493 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง1493. LSU School of Veterinary Medicine9
A. The legislature finds that there is a dire shortage of large animal10
veterinarians serving our state. The legislature recognizes that it makes a substantial11
investment every year in the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and supported in12
part by that state investment, the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine is one of the13
premier programs of its type in the country. As such, the LSU School of Veterinary14
Medicine is in a perfect position to assist the state to help fill the void in large animal15
veterinarians.16
B.(1) Therefore, it is state policy that the LSU School of Veterinary17
Medicine begin increasing the number of Louisiana residents that it accepts into its18
program, with particular emphasis on Louisiana residents with an expressed interest19
and proven dedication to large animal veterinary practice.20 HLS 10RS-1540 ORIGINAL
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(2) In the evaluation of applicants for the graduate program who meet the1
minimum standards for admission, the school shall give extra weight to Louisiana2
residents and shall give additional extra weight to Louisiana residents who can3
evidence, through letters of recommendation, extra curricular activities, and awards,4
a long standing commitment to large animal care. Utilizing such weights in its5
admission process the school shall increase the Louisiana residents in the entering6
class to seventy percent by the 2013-2014 school year and shall sustain that7
percentage thereafter.8
(3) The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine shall establish a recruiting9
program directed to increasing the pool of applicants who would be eligible for the10
extra weights provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. The recruiting11
program shall include involvement in livestock shows and other events at which12
young people exhibit an interest in large animal care.13
(4) The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine shall report to the House14
Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education in October of15
every year on the percentage of entering students who are Louisiana residents.16
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hoffmann HB No. 1048
Abstract: Provides relative to increasing the number of La. residents considered for
admissions to the large animal veterinary program at the LSU School of Veterinary
Medicine.
Proposed law finds there is a shortage in La. of qualified large animal veterinarians. In order
to rectify such shortage, proposed law adopts a state policy requiring the LSU School of
Veterinary Medicine to begin increasing the number of La. residents it accepts to its
program, with particular emphasis on such residents who have an expressed and proven
interest in large animal veterinary practice.
Proposed law requires the Vet School to give extra weight in its admissions evaluations to
La. residents who can demonstrate through letters of recommendation, extra curricular
activities, or awards, a long standing commitment to large animal care.
Proposed law further requires the Vet School to utilize such new weight measure to increase
the number of Louisiana residents entering the class to 70% by the 2013-2014 school year
and to maintain such percentage in each school year thereafter. HLS 10RS-1540 ORIGINAL
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Proposed law requires the Vet School to establish a recruiting program designed to increase
the pool of eligible La. applicants.
Proposed law further requires the Vet School to report each October to the House and Senate
Education Committees on the percentage of entering students who are La. residents.
(Adds R.S. 17:1493)