Directs State Treasurer to reduce state operating aid to public research university by costs of agreements with student protestors.

This bill directs the State Treasurer to debit from a public research university’s State operating aid an amount equal to the costs incurred by the institution in implementing agreements reached with students protesting the Israel-Hamas conflict. These agreements include accepting displaced Gazan students, establishing an Arab Cultural Center, forming a partnership with Birzeit University, hiring senior administrators with cultural competency, and hiring additional professors specializing in Palestine studies and Middle East studies.

Directs State Treasurer to reduce state operating aid to public research university by costs of agreements with student protestors.

This bill directs the State Treasurer to debit from a public research university’s State operating aid an amount equal to the costs incurred by the institution in implementing agreements reached with students protesting the Israel-Hamas conflict. These agreements include accepting displaced Gazan students, establishing an Arab Cultural Center, forming a partnership with Birzeit University, hiring senior administrators with cultural competency, and hiring additional professors specializing in Palestine studies and Middle East studies.