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Senate committee approves bill tightening foreign funding disclosures for Georgia higher education
Summary
The Georgia Senate Higher Education Committee voted unanimously to pass Senate Bill 181, which the sponsor said would require stronger reporting on foreign gifts and contracts to public colleges and universities amid concerns about influence from certain countries.
The Georgia Senate Higher Education Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 181 on a voice/hand vote after a short presentation from the bill's sponsor.
Sponsor Senator Joshua Anavataarte told the committee the bill aims to address “undue foreign influences” on U.S. campuses and strengthen reporting by state institutions of gifts and contracts from foreign sources. He said public institutions have disclosed receiving more than $8,000,000 in gifts from China and over $40,000,000 in contracts from China, plus $1,000,000 from Lebanon and more than $250,000 from Turkey, and argued existing federal reporting under the Higher Education Act…
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