VET CARE Act

This bill would create a competitive federal grant program, run by the Secretary of Agriculture, to fund high school work-based learning programs focused on veterinary medicine in states with a veterinarian shortage. Eligible groups include veterinary colleges, cooperative extension programs, 4-H and FFA groups, school districts, community colleges, veterinary clinics, state veterinary offices, workforce boards, and Tribal organizations. Grant recipients would have to report yearly data such as enrollment, graduation rates, attendance, truancy, and how many students go on to veterinary-related education or jobs. The Secretary would be required to give priority to programs that provide substantial experience with livestock, horses, or other large animals and that create a path to careers in large-animal or food-animal veterinary medicine. The bill authorizes such sums as may be necessary to fund the program.

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Sponsors

• Shontel M. Brown Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors