How much money would FSU get under DeSantis' proposed budget? Here's the breakdown

 

How much money would FSU get under DeSantis' proposed budget? Here's the breakdown

While FSU would be getting an $88.5 million in specific funding this year under DeSantis’s “Framework for Freedom” proposal for the 2023-2024 fiscal year,

When all is said and done, the schools could wind up with significantly more funding as priorities and projects of the college and universities get added to the budget wish list. In DeSantis's 2022-2023 proposal, his suggestion was for FSU to get a budget of $71.3 million

But FSU ended up receiving nearly $280 million out of last year's state budget, and a big chunk of the money went toward the FSU Health Tallahassee Center that will be built on Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare’s campus after the university secured a $125 million check from the Florida Legislature.

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Remodeling FSU’s Dittmer Building is included in the governor's proposed budget for the university, where $26.5 million in nonrecurring funds would be issued for the project.

The building, which was built in 1967, houses the university’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

In addition, $1.5 million would go toward the FSU College of Medicine’s Autism Center while $1.45 million would be used for the university’s Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Consulting Center through the College of Social Work — a fund that similar consulting centers at the University of Florida, University of Miami and University of South Florida would also receive.

Aside from the proposed budget, FSU’s legislative budget request for this fiscal year included the need for recurring investment of $25 million to continue the university’s entrepreneurial efforts, which would “help it move into the Top 10 public universities in the nation."

FSU is currently ranked as the no. 19 best public university in the country by U.S. News and World Report — tied with the University of Maryland, the University of Washington and Rutgers.

Another request from FSU is $35 million for operational support to prepare the research infrastructure for FSU Health. Plans are in the works for the university and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare to make the state’s capital a leading medical research and health care center.

The requested operations funding would “bolster FSU’s plan to advance Florida’s economy and workforce,” according to the budget request.

The money would also go toward the university’s efforts of being included in the Association of American Universities, a group of prestigious research schools known for scholarship and innovation.