January 4, 2008
Ruling Sets Back Florida Lawsuit Over Who Has Authority to Set Tuition
A Florida judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday brought by a former governor of Florida, Bob Graham, and the Board of Governors of the state university system, who sought to strip tuition-setting authority away from state legislators.
But the ruling by no means finalizes who has the power to set tuition and fees in a state where leaders recently feuded over a 5-percent tuition increase. That cost increase was supported by the governing board but vetoed by Gov. Charlie Crist, a
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