Florida Rep. Randy Fine actually suggested UCF should be shut down over improper spending
Florida Rep. Randy Fine actually suggested Wednesday afternoon that the University of Central Florida should be shut down for five to 10 years over the school's misuse of at least $38 million to construct a campus building.
Florida Politics reports the Brevard County Republican make the comments at a hearing of the House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee. The subcommittee is looking into UCF's spending amid an ethics probe into the college's improper use of state funds to build the 137,000-square-foot Trevor Colbourn Hall.
The move by UCF officials violated state policy, which restricted the money to instruction, research, libraries, student services or maintenance. An investigation by the House Integrity and Ethics committee into UCF's spending found the "misdirection" of almost $85 million in leftover funds between 2013 and 2018, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Citing "corporate governance," Fine says he's "working on a five or 10-year shutdown of the university," according to Florida Politics.
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