| Account | Description | FY2018 Spending |
FY2019 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7077-0023 | Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine Program For a contract with the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University; provided, that funds shall be expended under a resident veterinary tuition remission plan as approved by the commissioner of higher education for supportive veterinary services provided to the commonwealth; provided further, that funds from this item may support collaborative arrangements which may include teaching partnerships, articulation agreements or both with community colleges and vocational-technical schools that offer veterinary technician programs, veterinary health care programs or both approved by the board of higher education; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall support bioterrorism prevention research conducted in consultation with emergency authorities in the commonwealth relative to diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans |
4,960,000 | 5,500,000 |
Veto Explanation: I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.