June 8, 2007

Florida Universities Are Dismayed by Veto

By KARIN FISCHER

Florida university officials are unhappy about Gov. Charlie Crist's veto last month of a 5-percent tuition increase in the state budget. But they face an even greater concern that, by deleting the section of the budget that outlines per-credit tuition cost, the governor might have inadvertently prohibited public colleges from charging any tuition at all this fall.

Legislators and higher-education leaders are also questioning whether it was legal for Mr. Crist, a Republican, to reduce

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