The price of college keeps going up, but it’s not just tuition running up the bill, it’s meal plans, too.In Part 4 of a Channel 4 Action News investigation, Jim Parsons looks into whether Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh have profit-sharing deals with food vendors, like other state-owned colleges.Read Jim's previous reports: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3When Parsons asked state-owned universities to open their records for student meal plans, they gave him everything he asked for, and they offered explanations, too.But when he requested the same information from Penn State and Pitt, the answer was "no."In a denial message, Penn State's general counsel explained, "The information you request is not public information and we respectfully decline to provide it."Pitt just said the requested information was "not available."So how can Pitt and Penn State refuse to provide the public with spending records and food service contracts?"They are not subject to the Right to Know Law," Office of Open Records executive director Terry Mutchler said.Mutchler explained that when the law was redrafted in 2009, it carved out exceptions for Penn State, Pitt, Lincoln and Temple.The same law that requires Slippery Rock University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Clarion University, Edinboro University and California University of Pennsylvania, among others, to hand over their records to the public, gives a pass to Penn State and Pitt.From talking with students at Pitt, Parsons learned the university has the same sort of arrangement with its food service vendors as the state-owned universities. If students don't use up their meals and dining dollars by semester's end, they lose them."A lot of my friends are going to lose a lot of meal swipes," said student Sarah Pomfret. "I definitely think it would help if they would roll over or maybe be able to donate to somebody else who is out of meal swipes.""I'm definitely not a fan of the system. It would be nice if we could get the money back," said Tyler Myers, of Albany, N.Y.But Parsons was unable to determine if Pitt and Penn State are getting the same kind of profit-sharing payouts from their meal vending contractors as the state-owned universities get."You should be able to get that information," said state Rep. Dom Costa.Like a lot of other state legislators, Costa said he'll work this session to include Pitt and Penn State in the Right to Know Law."They should all be as transparent as government. They are getting government funding. They should be as transparent as government," said Costa.