Concerned about rising requests for funding and duplication of course offerings, the state legislature passed the Buckman Act, consolidating the eight institutions into four segregated schools, including, for white men, the University of the State of Florida (renamed University of Florida in 1909).
Preocupados polo aumento das solicitudes de financiamento e a duplicación da oferta de cursos, a cámara lexislativa estatal aprobou a Lei de Buckman, fusionando as oito institucións en catro escolas segregadas, incluíndo para os brancos a Universidade do Estado de Florida (rebautizada Universidade de Florida en 1909).