The ban led to an immediate increase in demand, said GRACE Marketplace CEO Darius Williams.

Stuart Bell's tenure as interim president starts July 1.

Bell now advances to the state Board of Governors, which has the final say.

The proposed golf course would sit west of Haile Plantation and south of Tioga, along Parker Road.

"We're going to be potentially cutting into the bone or into the muscle to find another what looks like could be as much as 20% in our budget to cut," Marden said.

If confirmed by the UF Board of Trustees and Florida Board of Governors, Bell will be UF's 14th president.

Despite plans to sell or even privatize the property in September 2025, the campground is set to rebound in a huge way with repairs proposed by Citrus County.

Friday's vote marked the end of a special session to complete the budget — two months after it failed to pass in the regular session.

This would be the legislature's third special session of the year.

"DEI is discriminatory by design, antithetical to the purpose of a university, and incompatible with the pursuit of truth," the X post reads.