March 11, 2005

Statehouse Digest

By KARIN FISCHER

COLLEGE OVERSIGHT: Florida lawmakers are seeking to assert their control over public universities' purse strings through a bill that would give the Legislature oversight over how all higher-education dollars are spent, including the power to set tuition and fees. The measure, which is supported by Allan G. Bense, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, specifies that the Board of Governors for the state's 11 public universities is to approve degree programs, administer

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