It’s that time of the month again — the monthly update of the Penn State Progress website to reflect the latest costs of the Sandusky scandal to Penn State. As of March 31 — the most recent update — the university has handed over $45,881,904 for scandal-related expenses.

Penn State has directly spent about $1.4 million over the last three months. Here’s the breakdown from StateCollege.com.

NCAA Fine: $12,000,000

Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan/Pepper Hamilton LLP: $8,159,083 Freeh Report expenses

Independent Monitor: $1,495,182 Cost for athletic integrity monitor George Mitchell mandated by the NCAA.

• DLA Piper, LLP

Board of Trustees – Legal Services, Consulting Services and Communications: $6,200,980

• Reed Smith LLP

• Ketchum

• Kekst and Company Inc.

• Daniel J. Edelman, Inc.

• Domus Inc

• The Academy Group

• TAI

• KPMG

• Guidepost Solutions

University Legal Services/Defense: $9,724,432

• Saul Ewing

• Duane Morris

• Lanny J. Davis and Associates

• Jenner & Block LLPML Strategies

• Lee, Green & Reiter Inc.

• McQuaide Blasko

• Document Technologies, Inc.

• White and Williams, LLP

• Feinberg and Rozen, LLP

• Other

Externally Initiated Investigations: $615,155

• Margolis & Healy

• Lightfoot, Franklin, White LCC

• Buchanan Ingersoll

• Saul Ewing

• Other

Indemnified Persons’ Legal Defense: $5,802,541 These are costs associated with the legal defense for former Penn State administrators Gary Schultz, Tim Curley and Graham Spanier.

• Farrell & Reisinger

• Caroline M. Roberto

• Vaira & Riley

• Schnader Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP

• Gover, Perry, & Shore

• Gentile Meinert Assoc

• Fox Rothschild LLP

• General Indemnified Persons’ Defense

• Various Vendors

Other Institutional Expenses: $1,884,531

Total as of Dec. 31, 2012: $45,881,904