Legislative update: May 16, 2026

New College’s future remains unclear as legislators head home after a week of the special budget session. The major item that is still undecided: the transfer of the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus to New College of Florida. There are three moving pieces to this: The transfer of the campus, i.e. the physical assets but not any of the programs or staff ( language in HB 5601 ) Debt coming with the…