SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1093 PRINTER'S NO. 1759
No. 985 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 22, 1999
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, MAY 10, 1999
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Trustees of Drexel University,
2 Philadelphia.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The sum of $6,789,000 is hereby appropriated to
6 the Trustees of Drexel University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal
7 year July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2000, for instruction and student
8 aid.
9 Section 2. Payments to Drexel University on account of the <--
10 appropriation provided in section 1 shall be made by the
11 Secretary of Education in equal quarterly payments. The
12 Secretary of Education shall not release more than the first
13 quarterly payment until such time as the Trustees of Drexel
14 University agree in writing to include a minimum of five members
15 appointed by the Governor and the General Assembly. The
16 Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority
1 Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
2 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
3 Representatives may each, upon receipt of the written agreement
4 from the trustees, appoint a nonelected official to serve as a
5 member of the board and the terms of office shall be coterminous
6 with that of their appointing authority.
7 SECTION 2. PAYMENTS TO DREXEL UNIVERSITY ON ACCOUNT OF THE <--
8 APPROPRIATION PROVIDED IN SECTION 1 SHALL BE MADE QUARTERLY BY
9 THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF COSTS DURING THE
10 FISCAL YEAR AND SHALL BE CONDITIONED ON CONTINUING AUTHORITY FOR
11 INCLUSION ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY OF A
12 MINIMUM OF FIVE PERSONS WHO ARE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WHO
13 ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE
14 SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE
15 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF
16 REPRESENTATIVES FOR TERMS OF OFFICE COTERMINOUS WITH THAT OF THE
17 RESPECTIVE APPOINTING AUTHORITY.
18 Section 3. The Drexel University shall provide full,
19 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
20 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
21 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
22 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
23 House of Representatives.
24 Section 4. Drexel University shall report its revenues and
25 expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
26 with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
27 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
28 Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
29 Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
30 State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
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1 Universities."
2 Section 5. The Trustees of Drexel University shall report on
3 forms provided by the Department of Education to the chairman
4 and the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
5 Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the
6 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives by
7 September 30, 2000, on how State-appropriated funds were
8 expended for fiscal year 1999-2000 to reduce the costs to
9 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
10 Pennsylvania residents.
11 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or
12 immediately, whichever is later.
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