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Florida leaders hail vote to block Ono from UF: ‘The right decision’

Rick Scott, Byron Daniels and more said the University of Florida needed a different president.

Former University of Michigan president Santa Ono, left, listens to proceedings during a meeting of the Florida Board of Governors in Orlando on Tuesday, alongside Mori Hosseini, right, chairman of the University of Florida's Board of Trustees. The Board of Governors rejected trustees' approval of Ono to become the school's next president. [ JOE BURBANK | Orlando Sentinel ]

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Jay Cridlin is an editor overseeing the education team. He can be reached at jcridlin@tampabay.com.

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