yeah, must be a bug.
this and the game locks up and must be reloaded when i look into the log and/or the rules 
still needs some more fixes.
the game has problems with green sectors for which other players had paid one-time contributions.
now my green “immediate effect” School of Alien Cultures goes on giving me 3 points (by “ability”) each turn too.
imho it does not make much sense to go on with the bugged game 