Bill to increase transparency of Pennsylvania’s universities passes House

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An effort supporters say will increase transparency in several leading Pennsylvania universities passed the House of Representatives while the universities’ annual state subsidies remain snarled in the Legislature due to a partisan funding dispute. The bill passed 201 to 1 on Monday. It now goes to the state Senate. The measure seeks to expand what the state’s four state-related universities have to publicly disclose. Currently, the University of Pittsburgh, Temple, Lincoln and Penn State are exempt from a number of provisions that impact state agencies, including the state-owned higher education system and community colleges.