They are not matching pledged funds, and it is hurting. This is dead wrong, there is no excuse for it. Can't imagine why none of the national media ever covers anything about what Jeb's stubbornness is doing to this state?
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003307080310SNIP....."He was so satisfied that he added: "We're not going to open up the budget unless there is a crisis that we need to respond to."
Cheating Florida's 11 public universities out of $100 million -money pledged in good faith by the state -- should be a big enough crisis.
In 1979, the Legislature approved a matching-gift program for universities and community colleges. Designed to encourage private donations, the program has given universities $365 million. The minimum match gift is $100,000, with the state matching half the amount -- with percentages increasing as the gift goes up. The state will match gifts of more than $2 million on a dollarfor-dollar basis.
But over the past several years, the St. Petersburg Times recently reported, the state has amassed a backlog of $100 million in gifts it has not matched -- not including money owed for donations to community colleges......"