A4384

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.