ORLANDO, Fla. — Four top former and current University of Central Florida leaders will be subpoenaed to the Florida House in two weeks to answer questions regarding misspent funds at the school.

• The hearings would take place in Tallahassee in 2 weeks
• House Public Integrity and Ethics Committee says there are more questions
• Leaders accused of misspending millions for construction projects
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The House Public Integrity and Ethics Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to subpoena current UCF President Dale Whittaker, former president John Hitt, former CFO Bill Merck and former Board of Trustees Chairman Marcos Marchena to answer questions at depositions and at a hearing in two weeks.

Several UCF employees are also being subpoenaed for questions in the investigation next week.

"Each of these owe the people of Florida an explanation for the university’s unauthorized use of taxpayer funds," said FL Rep. Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, the chairman of the committee.

UCF has acknowledged that it misused funds to build the $38 million Trevor Colbourn Hall in 2014, taking funds from the education and general funding budget, when they should have come out of the budget for facilities. 

However, it was later learned the UCF had spent millions more than that for other construction projects, with $32 million transferred into other funds for future spending.

Leek said the initial investigation by UCF was "narrowed to a scope that was not appreciated," and left more questions to be answer.

The committee says Whittaker and Marchena will likely appear when they want them to appear. Marchena, who stepped down last month as chairman of the board, still serves as a trustee.

Whittaker issued a statement regarding the subpoenas:

“I will tell the truth as I have throughout this process and will continue instructing UCF employees to do the same as this investigation continues.

“What happened was wrong. The people who did this, and concealed their actions, are no longer with the university.

“UCF has taken multiple and aggressive steps to ensure this doesn’t happen again. We are committed to regaining the trust of the Board of Governors and Florida House.”

The committee is not sure whether Merck and Hitt will appear before the committee.

The results of the initial investigation, according to the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees universities, found that Merck knew what he was doing when the funds were misspent.

Marchena, in his resignation as chairman of UCF's board of trustees, also blamed Merck for the situation.