Florida Board of Regents - Dissolution and Succession

Dissolution and Succession

The Board of Regents hindered efforts by Governor Jeb Bush and the Republican-controlled legislature to end affirmative action in Florida's public universities, and it was consequently abolished by an act of the state legislature which was signed into law by Governor Bush on July 1, 2001. The powers held by the Board of Regents were then divided between the Florida Board of Education (which was given some authority over all levels of public education in the state), and appointed Boards of Trustees, which operated independently for each separate institution.

Bob Graham, a United States Senator from Florida, objected to the abolition of the statewide body, and responded by leading a ballot initiative to restore it through an amendment to the Florida Constitution. This initiative succeeded in creating what is now called the Florida Board of Governors. As it is ensconced in the Florida Constitution, this new body can not be abolished by the legislature without another constitutional amendment.

Preceded by
Florida Board of Control		 Governing Body for the
State University System of Florida
1965–2001		 Succeeded by
Florida Board of Governors

The State University System of Florida
Campuses
  • Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
  • Florida Atlantic University
  • Florida Gulf Coast University
  • Florida International University
  • Florida Polytechnic University
  • Florida State University
  • New College of Florida
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Florida
  • University of North Florida
  • University of South Florida
  • University of West Florida
Chancellors
  • J. Broward Culpepper (1954–1968)
  • Robert B. Mautz (1968–1975)
  • E. Travis York (1975–1981)
  • Barbara W. Newell (1981–1985)
  • Charles B. Reed (1985–1998)
  • Adam W. Herbert (1998–2001)
  • Judy G. Hample (2001)
  • Debra D. Austin (2003–2005)
  • Mark B. Rosenberg (2005–2009)
  • John A. Delaney (2009)
  • Frank T. Brogan (2009– )
Governing body
  • Florida Board of Control
  • Florida Board of Regents
  • Florida Board of Governors
Other
  • University Press of Florida
  • Florida Institute of Oceanography
  • List of State University System Libraries
  • Bright Futures Scholarship Program
  • Florida Student Association
  • Advisory Council of Faculty Senates
State University System of Florida - Founded in 1905

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