All of us are sympathetic to the class-size amendment. But each university has classroom needs, too.

The Board of Governors fully recognizes the role of the Legislature in providing education for the citizens of this state. We have a respectful partnership with the Legislature, and that will never change.

I’ve never known this to happen and it is a very serious issue. We depend on that money to provide access to our universities.

People who receive this or who benefited from it are so protective of it,

We’ve already established our credibility. The Legislature is very supportive of the university system and comfortable with our role.

It’s really early to judge if they’ve been effective.

I don’t want us to forget for one minute, the shortage of physicians. That’s what our citizens are interested in – how we’re going to get a doctor.

He’s someone who is respected and understands the academic world.

In our strategic plan, our goal is to have 100 percent reflection of the state of Florida’s population in our universities.

I’m sure we all feel enormous pressure. It’s important for our state to make the right decision.

He understands our political climate. I think it’s important we have a man who can work well with the Legislature.

This just takes your breath away, … I think our universities need to be more aggressive in planning for and getting resources for growth.

All of us recognize the class-size amendment is a hungry giant. I want to remind the Legislature that we also have access issues.

We hope the leadership will find it in their hearts and minds and budgets to bump us up a bit.

I want to remind the Legislature we also have access issues.

It’s not in the best interest of any of us to do anything that would harm that relationship (with the Legislature).

It’s a tremendously important decision. I want to vote when the board’s prepared.