Even as universities prepared contingency plans to deal with a budget cut of as much as 5 percent, the Florida Board of Governors approved a plan Thursday asking for as much as $118 million in new funding to be divided among its 12 institutions based on performance. According to the board, the proposed funding would go to state universities based on unspecified measures of their progress. And in a key caveat, members of the board and Chancellor Frank Brogan both made it clear that they took the Legislature at its word that a one-time, $300 million funding reduction meant to cause a drawdown of university reserves wouldn't be repeated in the coming fiscal year.
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