March 20, 2010. Senate Higher Ed Committee seeks increase to SUS budget of $128 million to $3.54 billion, or 3.8 percent over 2009-10.
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 11:04 p.m.
TALLAHASSEE – The Senate Higher Education Appropriations Committee is proposing a $7 billion budget for the state’s colleges and universities next year, including maintaining Bright Futures scholarships. The proposal is an increase over this year’s budget of $6.7 billion. The draft budget does not break out the individual universities and colleges.
The committee is scheduled to vote on the bill Friday.
Under the proposal, Bright Futures is being funded at $450.3 million, which is an increase of $31.4 million over the 2009-2010 amount of $418.9 million, to cover additional student enrollment. Read more at gainesville.com.