The board that oversees Florida’s state universities approved a $3.6 billion budget request for the next school year at its meeting on Thursday, an increase of nearly 6 percent that would help boost public medical schools.
The Board of Governors’ legislative budget request would increase spending by $370 million, including $160 million in stimulus funds. The added funds would go toward finishing two new medical schools, supporting existing enrollment at two others, and other operational costs, board spokesman Bill Edmonds said. The University of Central Florida and Florida International University both opened medical schools this year.
