Some university leaders not happy with Legislature’s enrollment oversight

By: Jay Waagmeester

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: September 3, 2026

Words: 1,060

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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Some members of the Florida Board of Governors and other university leaders hope the Florida Legislature will backtrack on a last-minute policy that ties their budgets to a limit on out-of-state enrollment.

Put simply, the BOG, which supervises the State University System, can deny a university’s attempt to increase out-of-state tuition fees if the school enrolls more than the system-wide cap of non-Floridian students — now a max of 10% of the …

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