Every public university in Florida owns private direct support organizations – better known as university corporations – that hold millions of dollars in university assets out of public sight. Originally intended to solicit donations from wealthy donors and make expenditures for the university, the function of these university corporations has expanded over the years. USF […]
Supreme Court: Release Redistricting Documents – The News Service of Florida
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected a Republican political consultant’s efforts to keep his redistricting records private, promising to give the public its first glimpse of documents that helped lead to the state’s congressional districts being thrown out this summer. While different justices signed onto two separate opinions about the case, both found […]
EDITORIAL: University corporations should be subject to public records laws – The Oracle
Nearly three dozen private corporations control hundreds of millions of dollars in donations flowing in and out of Florida’s 12 public universities. These large corporations, also known as university direct-support organizations, should be required to be as open and transparent as public universities. However, under state law they don’t have to disclose their donor list, […]
