From the funds provided in Specific Appropriation 151, $6,000,000 is
provided for the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund to
incentivize collaboration between nursing education programs and
healthcare partners. Funds shall be provided to state universities and
shall be administered by the Board of Governors pursuant to section
1009.8962, Florida Statutes. Sixty percent of such funds shall be
released at the beginning of the first quarter and the balance at the
beginning of the third quarter.
152 AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
GRANTS AND AIDS - EDUCATION AND GENERAL
ACTIVITIES
FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 3,347,543,034
FROM PHOSPHATE RESEARCH TRUST FUND . 5,234,908
The named university entities are authorized to expend tuition and fees
that are collected during the 2026-2027 fiscal year and carried forward
from the prior fiscal year and that are appropriated into local accounts
pursuant to section 1011.4106, Florida Statutes. The expenditure of
tuition and fee revenues from local accounts by each university entity
is contingent upon each university entity complying with the tuition and
fee policies established in Part II of chapter 1009, Florida Statutes.
By October 1 each year, the Board of Governors must submit a report
detailing the actual and estimated tuition and fee revenues for each
university entity as deposited in the Education and General Student and
Other Fees Trust Fund to the chair of the Senate Committee on
Appropriations and the chair of the House of Representatives Budget
Committee.
Funds from the General Revenue Fund provided in Specific Appropriations
152 through 162 to each of the named university entities are
contingent upon each university entity complying with the tuition and
fee policies established in Part II of chapter 1009, Florida Statutes.
However, the funds appropriated to a specific university entity shall
not be affected by the failure of another university entity to comply
with this provision.
Funds in Specific Appropriations 9 through 13 and 152 through 170
shall be expended in accordance with operating budgets that must be
approved by each university's board of trustees.
From the funds in Specific Appropriation 9 from the Educational
Enhancement Trust Fund and Specific Appropriation 152 from the
General Revenue Fund, $3,936,045,415 is allocated as follows:
University of Florida..................................... 697,548,172
Florida State University.................................. 596,395,561
Florida A&M University.................................... 114,417,947
University of South Florida............................... 440,015,584
Florida Atlantic University............................... 175,988,162
University of South Florida............................... 103,726,181
University of Central Florida............................. 334,272,326
Florida International University.......................... 354,353,829
University of North Florida............................... 128,270,458
Florida Gulf Coast University............................. 121,203,881
New College of Florida.................................... 61,666,864
Florida Polytechnic University............................ 44,701,151
State University Performance Based Incentives............. 645,000,000
Incentives for Programs of Strategic Emphasis............. 18,485,299
State University Performance Based Recruitment and
Retention Incentive..................................... 100,000,000
Undergraduate tuition shall be assessed in accordance with section
1009.24, Florida Statutes. Tuition for graduate and professional
programs and out-of-state fees for all programs shall be established
pursuant to section 1009.24, Florida Statutes. No state university may
receive general revenue funding associated with the enrollment of
out-of-state students.
Each university board of trustees is given flexibility to make necessary
adjustments to its operating budget. If any board reduces individual
programs or projects within the university by more than 10 percent
during the 2026-2027 fiscal year, written notification shall be made to
the Executive Office of the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, and the Board of Governors.