I would be in favor of this change. Encouraging people to got to tech school doesn't fix the problem. You can encourage all you want it doesn't help. Its hard enough to encourage people to go to nursing school to fix the nursing shortage. I have worked with many talented assistants that either can't afford to go to tech school or can't travel for externships. One option would be to allow an alternative pathway to become licensed. Until there is a legitimate change in all of veterinary medicine, this stipulation only hinders veterinary hospitals in this state.