Split 11th Circuit Reinstates Students’ Class Claims Over Florida HBCU Funding

( June 17, 2026, 8:08 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A divided 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in an unpublished per curiam opinion that a federal court in Florida misapplied the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) standard of review when it dismissed students’ putative class claims alleging that Florida’s only public historically black university, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), is “chronically” underfunded, impacting staffing and program choices....