Budget Update
Lawmakers moved closer this week to crafting a FY 2021-22 State
Budget. Senate and House full budget committees met this week
to pass their respective spending plans (SB 2500 and HB 5001) teeing them
up for debate, possible amendments, and passage on the full floor
of the chambers. Budget conference will be called subsequently to
hammer out remaining differences, including spending on education,
health care and the environment.
Currently the House spends $97.1 billion, while the Senate is
at $95 billion. Both chambers are proposing putting aside $5
billion for reserves. Although, COVID has taken a toll on budget
revenues over the last year, actual revenues have been consistently
Appropriations subcommittees released their respective, initial spending plans this week beginning the budget process that will cumulate in passage of the 2021-22 Fiscal .
FAMU president Larry Robinson s contract extended through end of this year
Tallahassee Democrat 1/28/2021 Byron Dobson, Tallahassee Democrat
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The State University System s Board of Governors moved swiftly Wednesday in approving the reappointment of Larry Robinson as president of Florida A&M University.
In doing so, the board approved a one-year-extension of Robinson’s contract through Dec. 30, 2021. It follows a vote of FAMU’s Board of Trustees in early December.
Robinson s leadership was noted as the university achieved its highest placement in performance funding scores and saw new construction on campus.
He also was credited for the university’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and for FAMU being the top-ranked public historically black university in the country by U.S. News and World Report.