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Meanwhile, Rick Scott Vetoed Funding for a Grad School Which Actually Generates STEM Professionals
Lost in all the outcry of opponents and the sanctimonious hyperventilation of supporters over the creation of Florida Polytech, was a story which received only local coverage. On Tuesday, Rick Scott vetoed funding which would have gone toward FAMU’s new pharmacy school located in Crestview.
A $1.5 million gubernatorial veto of funding for a Florida A&M University pharmacy school in Crestview won’t delay the school’s scheduled fall opening, officials said.
The funds were among $142.7 million in expenditures vetoed Tuesday by Gov. Rick Scott prior to his approval of the state’s $69.9 billion budget.
“The $1.5 million appropriation would have paid the faculty/staff salaries and operating expenses of the Crestview Center,” FAMU President James H. Ammons stated in a Wednesday email. “Without the appropriation, FAMU will now evaluate how best to proceed.”
When asked for clarification on Ammons’ statement, FAMU Chief Communications Officer Sharon