Price Lab Funding Stripped From Legislature Bill; All Eyes Now On Lawsuit

A provision that would have funded for another year failed in the Iowa legislature.

A conference committee negotiating between the Iowa House and the Senate stripped the provision, which included $3 million in funding for the school, from a bill Tuesday.

The that included the measure last week.

Failure in the legislature means there is one path left for those fighting to keep the school open. A lawsuit seeking to stay the Iowa Board of Regents decision to close the school .

Moderators of the Facebook group Keep Price Lab Open wrote on the group page they were saddened by the decision but were now focused on the lawsuit.