ID SCR111

Authorizes the State Board of Education to investigate opportunities and begin preliminary conversations with Utah to establish an operating agreement allowing Idaho students to participate in Utah State University's veterinary medicine program.

Identifies Idaho's livestock industry as generating over $6.4 billion in combined revenues with significant economic impact throughout the state, creating a need for trained veterinarians and animal care professionals.

Notes that Idaho lacks its own veterinary school and currently has an existing operating agreement with Washington State University for veterinary training, and that Utah State University will soon open a new veterinary medicine school.

References a University of Idaho College of Agriculture and Life Sciences workgroup that identified an interstate veterinary training program with Utah as a possible solution to address the state's shortage of livestock veterinary services, particularly in rural areas.

Requires the State Board of Education to report back to the Legislature with findings and outcomes from conversations with Utah and Utah State University.