PRINTER'S NO. 3185
No. 2393 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 16, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 16, 2000
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Philadelphia College of
2 Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The sum of $5,222,000 is hereby appropriated to
6 the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia,
7 for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for
8 instruction in the Doctor of Osteopathy program.
9 Section 2. Payments to the Philadelphia College of
10 Osteopathic Medicine on account of the appropriation provided in
11 section 1 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education
12 on the basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be
13 conditioned on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board
14 of Trustees of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
15 of a minimum of five persons who are not elected officials and
16 who are appointed by the Governor, the President pro tempore of
17 the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of
1 the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the
2 House of Representatives for terms of office coterminous with
3 that of the respective appointing authority.
4 Section 3. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
5 shall provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
6 required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the
7 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
8 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
9 Committee of the House of Representatives.
10 Section 4. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
11 shall report its revenues and expenditures and present its
12 financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
13 accounting principles and procedures for educational
14 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
15 Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
16 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
17 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
18 Universities."
19 Section 5. The Trustees of the Philadelphia College of
20 Osteopathic Medicine shall report on forms provided by the
21 Department of Education to both the chairman and minority
22 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
23 chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee
24 of the House of Representatives by September 30, 2001, on how
25 State-appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 2000-2001
26 to reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to
27 provide services to Pennsylvania residents.
28 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
29 immediately, whichever is later.
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