STATE COLLEGE— A state lawmaker seeking greater transparency at Penn State has unveiled legislation aimed at reforming the university’s board of frustees, including reducing the size of board and fully extending the state’s Right-to-Know law to the school.

Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Centre, said Tuesday his proposed reforms are based on the extensive recommendations issued last month by state Auditor General Jack Wagner, who examined Penn State’s governing structure in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal involving retired assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

Conklin represents an area home to Penn State’s main University Park campus in State College. He was joined at a news conference Tuesday by Anthony Lubrano, a trustee who joined the board this summer after being supported, in part, by alumni seeking trustees reform.

Lubrano endorsed the bill, but on his own behalf — not as an official representative of the board.

The school is trying to repair its reputation from the sweeping scandal, one of the worst in higher education. Costs associated with the scandal — including legal fees, crisis communications and investigations — totaled about $23.5 million as of Sept. 30, the university said this week. That figure would not include the first of five $12 million annual installments, due Dec. 20, to pay a $60 million fine handed down by the NCAA as part of sanctions from college sports’ governing body.

As in Wagner’s report, Conklin proposed reducing the size of the board by 10 members to 22, including a nonvoting governor. The school president would be prohibited from serving as a voting member or officer on the board, or on any committees.

Conklin called for having Penn State and Pennsylvania’s three other “state-related” institutions covered under Right-to-Know laws, as well as having trustees comply with the state’s Ethics Act.