Link to the full list of vetoes by Governor DeSantis: https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-Veto-List.pdf
FIU-specific Budget items (from President Rosenberg’s letter):
New Funding:
- $17 million in recurring operational support for student success and research excellence (supporting the FIU strategic plan)
- $8.2 million in PECO funding for New Engineering expansion on the corner of 8th Street and 107th Avenue on the MMC Campus
- $2 million for the Targeted STEM Initiative VETOED
- $1 million recurring for the new Adam Smith Center for the Study of Economic Freedom
- $750,000 to purchase specialty equipment for the Individualized Pediatric Cancer Treatment Program VETOED
Continued Funding:
- $2.5 million for Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP®
- $3.5 million for FIUnique
- $969,689 for the Public Loss Model
State University System Funding:
- Performance Funding: Maintain current funding with no increase
- World Class Faculty and Scholar Program & the Professional and Graduate Degree Excellence Program: Maintain current funding
- Tuition Increase: None
- PECO: $85.9 million system total after $20 million in vetoes
- CITF: $48 million (FIU’s share is $7.0 million)
- PECO Maintenance: None
- PECO Bonding: Bonding is not authorized
- PO&M: None
- Universities of Distinction: $15 million (Distribution to be determined by the Board of Governors) VETOED
- The Washington Center University Scholarships for Internships (TWC.edu): $350,000 VETOED