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September Newsletter
Legislative Committee Meetings Begin in Tallahassee

Interim committee weeks leading up to the 2022 legislative session kicked off last Monday in Tallahassee. Each Chamber's Education Committee met and discussed the implementation of several key education bills passed last session.

State University System Chancellor, Marshall Criser III, also appeared before the House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee last week to present the Board of Governors’ (BOG’s) Legislative Budget Request (LBR) for next session. The BOG LBR includes a request for a $150 million increase in Preeminence/National Rankings funding to be split equally between the state’s three designated Preeminent State Research Universities: USF, UF and FSU.

We will continue to keep you updated throughout the interim committee weeks and legislative session on USF's top priorities to help advance our trajectory towards a top 25 ranking in U.S. News & World Report as well as key higher education policy that develops.

USF Alum Spotlight on Representative Jackie Toledo
We are delighted to be highlighting USF alumna and State Rep. Jackie Toledo, ’00!
 
Rep. Toledo was born in Lima, Peru and moved to the United States as a young child. Educated in Tampa’s public schools, she attended USF as a Latino Scholarship recipient,  graduating with a degree in civil engineering. In 2011, she paid it forward by establishing her own Latino scholarship fund.  
 
The founder of Florida Engineering and Consulting, she has worked on several major transportation plans in the Tampa Bay area, including master plans for USF and Hillsborough Community College, as well as Hillsborough County’s long-range transportation plan, the Florida Aviation Systems, and the 2012 Olympic bid process.
 
In the legislature, she has served as the majority deputy whip, co-chair of the Women’s Caucus, the state director of the National Foundation for Women Legislators, and on numerous legislative committees.