SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1710, 2226 PRINTER'S NO. 3152
No. 1382 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, MAY 6, 2003
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, DECEMBER 19, 2003
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 $4,650,000 is hereby appropriated to
6 the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia,
7 for the fiscal year July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004, 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; and shall be
4 further conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting
5 rights as members of the board of trustees.
6 Section 3. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
7 shall provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
8 required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the
9 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
10 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
11 Committee of the House of Representatives.
12 Section 4. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
13 shall report its revenues and expenditures and present its
14 financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
15 accounting principles and procedures for educational
16 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
17 Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
18 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
19 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
20 Universities."
21 Section 5. The Trustees of the Philadelphia College of
22 Osteopathic Medicine shall report on forms provided by the
23 Department of Education to both the chairman and minority
24 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
25 chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee
26 of the House of Representatives by September 30, 2004, on how
27 State-appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 2003-2004
28 to reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to
29 provide services to Pennsylvania residents.
30 Section 6. Any moneys appropriated by this act that are <--
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1 applied on an individual basis to students, including, but not
2 limited to student financial assistance, shall be applied in
3 such a manner that 75% of the appropriated funds are used for
4 students who are residents of this Commonwealth.
5 Section 7 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003, or <--
6 immediately, whichever is later.
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