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One year after state law created Florida Polytechnic University the school’s board is considering a request for more tax money.

House Speaker Will Weatherford came out strong against the potential 25 million dollar request earlier this week. Today he clarified his statements saying he called the request a disaster not the school.

“My understanding of Polytech is that they made a request for money. What I said was a disaster was the fact that they were asking for more money. We are not in a situation where we can build out that campus with any more funds,” said Weatherford.

Polytechnic used to be part of USF’s Lakeland Campus but became the state’s 12th university last year.