Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) informed UF President Kent Fuchs that "There may be sufficient factual information supporting significant noncompliance with the Principles of Accreditation."

The University of Florida needs the accreditation from SACSCOC to receive federal funding. SACSCOC wrote Dr. Fuchs on November 2nd, requesting a number of documents related to academic freedom.

The investigation began when three UF professors came forward sharing how the university blocked them from testifying as experts in cases involving the state of Florida.

"The decisions that have led to the media reports were all made internally," President Fuchs wrote SACSCOC in late November.

In a letter dated December 15th, SACSCOC President said is forming a special committee to visit UF.

"The Special Committee is charged to conduct an on-site review in order to determine your institution's compliance and to forward its findings to SACSCOC Board of Trustees to enable a decision regarding your institution's accreditation status," the letter reads.

A SACSCOC board will review the situation in June, and the letter says UF will be hear back two weeks later.

“We have a shared desire to ensure that academic freedom is preserved and protected at the University of Florida. To that end, we welcome the pending review by SACSCOC and will cooperate fully with the committee’s work. In the meantime, the administration and faculty will continue to work hand-in-hand to implement and strengthen policies and transparency in alignment with reports from the Presidential Task Force and the Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Freedom, critical steps to re-affirm the University of Florida’s commitments to free speech and academic freedom," said Hessy Fernandez, a UF spokesperson, in a statement to CBS4.

You can read the whole letter here: