Spokane Veterinary Hospital Shuttered Amid Budget Cuts
A budget shortfall at the State College of Washington forces the closure of a vital training facility.
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The Veterinary hospital in Spokane, which is operated in connection with courses in veterinary science at the State College of Washington, will be closed as a measure of economy. Reduced assessment of valuations of state property have caused a loss to the college of $61,000 a year, or $102,000 for the coming biennium. Consequently, the board of regents has been forced to every expedient which will effect a saving without actually reducing the quality or quantity of class instruction or the work of the main agricultural experiment station. The college appropriations are made on a millage basis, and the lower the tax rate is, the less money the millage brings the college for its running expenses. No appropriation whatever was made by the legislature for housing or repair.
“The board of regents have been forced to every expedient which will effect a saving without actually reducing the quality or quantity of class instruction.”
Public institutions in Washington have long grappled with the volatility of tax-based funding models. This 1920s-era struggle to balance educational quality with declining property tax valuations remains a recurring theme in how we fund our state's higher education systems today.
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