Sasse to keep $1 million salary from UF until 2028 [View all]

After defending his office’s vast spending as University of Florida president, Ben Sasse stands to receive more than $1 million per year through at least 2028, according to a severance agreement released Monday.

The former U.S. senator from Nebraska had more than tripled his office’s expenditures, which went from $5.6 million to $17.3 million, according to a report by the Independent Alligator student newspaper.

Sasse said big spending was necessary for big change. In a statement on social media, he pointed to the fact that the university’s board “extended me full severance and an ongoing role with the university until at least 2028, suggesting no concerns on their part.”

Sasse’s original contract states that if Board of Trustees Chairperson Mori Hosseini were to determine in good faith that Sasse “resigned under circumstances where there exists cause to terminate,” Sasse would be declined “appointment and employment as a faculty member or in any other capacity at the University.”

It also says if he were to resign, he “shall not be entitled to any further compensation or benefits as President.”

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2024/08/26/sasse-keep-1-million-salary-uf-until-2028/

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