Kansas budget includes $50 million for KU School of Pharmacy

TOPKEA, Kan. The Kansas State Legislature has passed its final budget bill for this session and included in the bill was the $50 million in bonds allocated to the Kansas University School of Pharmacy, according to published reports.

The funds will go toward construction of a new building on the West Campus in Lawrence and adding on to an existing building in Wichita.

The school’s plan is to nearly double—from 105 to 190—the number of pharmacy students admitted to KU each year to help fill a shortage of pharmacists statewide.