Florida Board Of Governors

The bill would also establish term limits for members of the State University Board of Governors, the Board of Education, state university boards of trustees and Florida College System boards of trustees.

The Florida university system’s Board of Governors acknowledged the need to provide help so universities can compete against other schools, but money directed toward academics should not be used.

The board which oversees the state’s universities set goals regarding school rankings, number of degrees awarded and graduation rates.

A member of the Florida Board of Governors said it would essentially give the board chairman “veto” power over university search committees’ presidential selections.

Adriana Novoa is a tenured professor at USF who teaches social science classes. The professors said the Legislature unconstitutionally infringed on the authority of the state university system’s Board of Governors.

New College of Florida is in line to receive $1.1 million in what is known as performance-based funding after state university system officials on Wednesday signed off on a "student success plan monitoring report" presented by the school's president, Richard Corcoran.

Among other changes, the board, which oversees the state’s public universities, vote on whether incoming freshmen can continue to use the citizenship test to fulfill the civics requirement.

The program will allow graduates to become credentialed as school psychologists by the Florida Department of Education and become nationally certified school psychologists.

On March 1, UF sent out a memo announcing it was closing the office of the Chief Diversity Officer, eliminating 13 DEI positions and 15 administrative appointments.

The board that oversees Florida’s 12 public universities has voted to ban using state or federal dollars for diversity programs or activities, aligning with a law signed last spring by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Chancellor Ray Rodrigues, a former state lawmaker, initially received a three-year contract that took effect in November 2022.

The Florida Board of Governors approved New College of Florida's accountability plan, which lowered performance expectations.