Fla. Lawsuit Disputes Control of Colleges

By PETER SCHMIDT and JEFFREY SELINGO

A group of Florida educators and lawyers filed a lawsuit last month against the state's higher-education system, saying that the Legislature and Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican, have prevented a voter-approved, independent Board of Governors from being established.

At issue is the vote by Floridians in November 2002 to amend their state's Constitution to establish the board. The measure's authors had hoped that the new, gubernatorially appointed panel would wrest control of the state's 11

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