HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania judge Thursday removed three Penn State trustees as well as some university faculty and former Nittany Lions players from a lawsuit by Joe Paterno's estate against the school and the NCAA.

Judge John Leete denied the bid by Penn State and the NCAA to throw out the civil case, but he pared it back and gave the remaining plaintiffs a month to amend their claims to be more specific.

The plaintiffs he removed were only involved in parts of the complaint that alleged conspiracy, wrote Leete.

The remaining plaintiffs are Paterno's estate, former assistant coaches Jay Paterno and Bill Kenney, and ex-trustee Al Clemens.

The parties are suing over the consent decree imposed over the handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. This week the NCAA reduced those penalties, making Penn State eligible for a bowl game this season.

The lawsuit also claims intentional interference with contractual relations regarding Jay Paterno and Kenney.

HARRISBURG — The head of the Pennsylvania Department of Education says a website should be up next month to collect public comment on aspects of the state's new reading and math standards.Acting Education Secretary Carolyn Dumaresq told the State Board of Education on Thursday the site should be available by Oct. 14.The site will provide information about “eligible content,” or how the standards apply to classroom instruction. It will also give the public sample test questions.Gov. Tom Corbett is calling for public hearings on the state's Pennsylvania Core, a modified version of the Common Core standards that have attracted criticism.The Pennsylvania Core standards were adopted last year. To graduate, students in the class of 2017 must show they understand literature, biology and algebra.