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Ron DeSantis: “We've given money, $100 million, we did a couple years ago…”

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Governor DeSantis Announces 'Floridians First' Budget in Orlando

Published | Video Starts at 15:57

But on the flip side, we've now empowered college presidents. If you run a school like Hamilton School, University of Florida, which is amazing, they can go and recruit faculty directly. And We've given money, $100 million, we did a couple years ago, I think two years in a row. Legislature didn't fund it this year. We put that in the budget, recruit and retain bonuses to be able to bring people to Florida at our state universities and then keep them there for the long haul. (15:57–16:03)

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Asserts that $100 million was allocated for recruitment and retention bonuses for faculty at state universities.

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