Description
The 2019 Florida Legislature directed the Board of Governors to review its space needs calculation methodology developed pursuant to s. 1013.31 to incorporate improvements, efficiencies or changes. Pursuant to section 1001.03(19(e), Florida Statutes, recommendations shall be submitted to the chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate appropriations committees by October 31, 2019 and every three years thereafter. To conduct this study, the Board of Governors reviewed its existing space needs calculation methodologies for the State University System (SUS), surveyed the 12 state universities to gather information on each university’s policies and procedures for the assignment and usage of academic space, and visited five universities to gather information on each institution’s academic space assignment procedures and current and projected academic space needs, and to tour academic facilities that are illustrative of specific space issues at each university. As a result of this work, the Board of Governors identified the following issues that impact the accuracy and efficiency of space need calculations and policies.
