A new NCAA task force will come up with guidelines for how to distribute the record $60 million fine that Penn State has agreed to pay in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.


The money will fund programs designed to combat child sexual abuse and help victims around the country. Penn State will make five installment payments of $12 million to pay off the fine.


The NCAA group will set policy and hire a third-party administrator who will choose which nonprofit groups receive the money each year. However, some state and local leaders like House Democratic Leader Frank Dermody and Rep. Scott Conklin of Centre County said they hope the money will stay in Pennsylvania.



The NCAA imposed tough sanctions on Penn State over its handling of sex-abuse allegations against Sandusky, a retired assistant football coach convicted of abusing 10 boys over 15 years.


The 10-member NCAA task force was announced Tuesday. According to the NCAA, the members who will oversee distribution of the $60 million Penn State fine are:

   -- Tim White, chancellor of University of California, Riverside (chairman)

   -- Nan Crouter, dean of the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State

   -- Rita Hartung Cheng, chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale

   -- Craig Hillemeier, vice dean for clinical affairs at Penn State College of Medicine

   -- Brian Gallagher, president and chief executive officer of United Way Worldwide

   -- Jane Lowe, team director of Vulnerable Populations Portfolio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

   -- Harris Pastides, president, University of South Carolina

   -- Bryan Samuels, commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

   -- Pamela Shifman, director, Initiatives for Girls and Women, NoVo Foundation

   -- Raymond Torres, vice president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and executive director of Casey Family Services