Post by FIUFanatic on Sept 27, 2007 16:01:21 GMT -5
....for FIU's College of Medicine. They are also supporting a 5% tuition hike, while some legislators strongly supporting both, UCF and FIU's Med Schools. For FIU, out of the $5.5 million that Gov. Crist proposed FIU to lose this year for its Med School, the house plan only calls for $212,000.00 in cuts. If that is the worst in cuts, then the Med School is still pretty much in intact form.....It appears, if this comes to fruition, we have weathered the first storm for the Med School....
Sun Sentinel Article
Sun Sentinel Article
And it will reopen a battle with the first-year Republican governor by proposing a 5 percent tuition increase at community colleges and universities beginning in January. Crist vetoed a similar tuition rise in May and has said he doesn't want to make students pay higher costs to plug budget holes.
Legislators also rejected Crist's call to slash $10.2 million for new medical schools at the University of Central Florida and Florida International University. UCF would lose only $183,000 out of the $4.7 million the school was promised last spring. FIU would lose $212,000.
"That clearly would have been a major, major fight," Rep. David Simmons, R-Maitland, said of Crist's planned cut. "The med school and life sciences programs are sacred ground as far as I'm concerned."
Legislators also rejected Crist's call to slash $10.2 million for new medical schools at the University of Central Florida and Florida International University. UCF would lose only $183,000 out of the $4.7 million the school was promised last spring. FIU would lose $212,000.
"That clearly would have been a major, major fight," Rep. David Simmons, R-Maitland, said of Crist's planned cut. "The med school and life sciences programs are sacred ground as far as I'm concerned."
