USF will offer domestic partner benefits, school president says

[Political Tiger]

TAMPA — The University of South Florida plans to start offering full domestic partner benefits to employees, president Judy Genshaft said Wednesday.

Details of the benefits and eligibility requirements still need to be worked out, but administrators said they would cover both heterosexual and same-sex couples.

"We believe it's the right thing to do, and we'll work to make it happen this year," Genshaft told administrators, professors and others during her annual state of the university speech at the Marshall Student Center.

Based on figures from universities that already offer the benefits, USF has budgeted about $500,000 annually to provide the benefits.

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