SENATE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3366, 3837 PRINTER'S NO. 4167
No. 2331 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, MARCH 10, 2008
SENATOR ARMSTRONG, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JULY 2, 2008
AN ACT 1 Making appropriations to the Thomas Jefferson University, 2 Philadelphia. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. (a) The sum of $2,810,000 $2,773,000 is hereby <-- 6 appropriated to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, 7 for the fiscal year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for 8 instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program. 9 (b) The sum of $2,140,000 $2,112,000 is hereby appropriated <-- 10 to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal 11 year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for the general maintenance 12 of the Thomas Jefferson University, including the College of 13 Allied Health Sciences, student aid and Children's Heart 14 Hospital. 15 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Thomas Jefferson University 16 on account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a) and
1 (b) shall be made in two equal payments, the first payment by 2 September 15 and the second payment by December 15 by the 3 Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal 4 year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for 5 inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the Thomas Jefferson 6 University of a minimum of five individuals who are not elected 7 officials and who are appointed, one each, by the Governor, the 8 President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the 9 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 10 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, for terms of 11 office coterminous with that of their appointing authority; and 12 shall be further conditioned on these appointees receiving full 13 voting rights as members of the board of trustees. The 14 legislative appointee under this subsection with the most 15 seniority on the board must be a member of the executive 16 committee of the board. The legislative appointee who is second 17 most senior on the board must be a member of the finance 18 committee of the board. The legislative appointee who is on the 19 executive committee shall, within two weeks of each executive 20 committee meeting, send each legislative appointee to the board 21 a written summary of the meeting. 22 (b) The Thomas Jefferson University shall provide full, 23 complete and accurate information as may be required by the 24 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman 25 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or 26 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the 27 House of Representatives. 28 (c) The Thomas Jefferson University shall report its 29 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements 30 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and 20080H2331B4167 - 2 -
1 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the 2 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth 3 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of 4 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State- 5 Related Colleges and Universities." 6 (d) The trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University shall 7 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both 8 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations 9 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman 10 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives 11 by September 30, 2009, on how State-appropriated funds were 12 expended for fiscal year 2008-2009 to reduce the costs to 13 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to 14 Pennsylvania residents. 15 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, or 16 immediately, whichever is later. C6L84RZ/20080H2331B4167 - 3 -