New College of Florida

The plan will allow the school to receive $15 million that was included in the state budget and puts the school on pace to request $200 million-plus over the next five years.

Shannon Hausinger is a USF graduate hired by New College in February, after working for more than a decade in Texas.

The new Atala Hall marks a new chapter for what used to be a commuter school. Officials hope this will raise the profile of the tight-knit campus along Sarasota Bay.

The Sarasota-Manatee airport authority CEO said he rescinded the offer after it became clear the FAA was not likely to approve it.

Accounts spread through social media said officials at the college had sent a large collection of books from its recently shuttered gender studies program to a local landfill.

The lawsuit, initially filed last year and revised in March, alleges that a 2023 law violates constitutional collective-bargaining rights and impairs existing union contracts.

The sale of airport land has to be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, which blocked the deal in April, citing numerous problems.

Lawmakers included a collective $25 million for New College in the budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. Gov. Ron DeSantis approved the $116.5 billion state budget on Wednesday.

The speaker was heckled and there were "Free Palestine" chants during his speech. Six students who took part were ID'd, and president Richard Corcoran said they must write an apology or take a civil discourse class.

The airport is growing fast, tripling traffic in the last several years. And New College of Florida is also trying to expand. The deal aimed to satisfy both, but was nixed by federal aviation authorities.

Federal aviation authorities have been expected to weigh in on the deal, which must be done at fair market value and meet other criteria determined by the agency.

Corcoran's bonus was already laid out in a compensation package approved last year.