Florida's Public Universities Get Their Own Accounting Systems

Florida's 11 public universities have been buying and installing new financial systems, and training staff members to use them, thanks to a new state law that permits the universities to have their own financial-accounting systems and write their own payroll checks.

Previously, all 11 public universities were considered state agencies and were required to rely on the state's data-processing systems for their financial transactions. July 1 marked the first time that the universities

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