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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, JUNE 15, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 15, 2009 |
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| A SUPPLEMENT |
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1 | To the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), entitled "An act |
2 | providing for the establishment and operation of Lincoln |
3 | University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve |
4 | as a State-related institution in the higher education system |
5 | of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing |
6 | for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of |
7 | trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees; |
8 | providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in |
9 | tuition; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed |
10 | annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing |
11 | of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations; |
12 | providing for public support and capital improvements; |
13 | authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within |
14 | the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual |
15 | report of the operations of Lincoln University," making |
16 | Federal and State appropriations for carrying the same into |
17 | effect; and providing for a basis for payments of the |
18 | appropriations, for a method of accounting for the funds |
19 | appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure. |
20 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
21 | hereby enacts as follows: |
22 | Section 1. (a) The sum of $13,623,000, or as much thereof |
23 | as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the General |
24 | Fund to the Trustees of Lincoln University, Chester County, for |
25 | the fiscal year July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, for general |
26 | support. |
27 | (b) The sum of $870,000, or as much thereof as may be |
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1 | necessary, is hereby appropriated from Federal funds available |
2 | through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Fiscal |
3 | Stabilization Fund to the Trustees of Lincoln University, |
4 | Chester County, for the fiscal year July 1, 2009, to June 30, |
5 | 2010, for general support. |
6 | Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the |
7 | appropriation in section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs |
8 | during the fiscal year. |
9 | Section 3. (a) Subject to the requirements of subsection |
10 | (c), payments to Lincoln University of the appropriation |
11 | provided in section 1 shall be made monthly during the fiscal |
12 | year. |
13 | (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with |
14 | the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The |
15 | estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to |
16 | the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State |
17 | Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such |
18 | payment is to be made. |
19 | (c) No funds appropriated under this act shall be received |
20 | by Lincoln University unless the university agrees to enter into |
21 | articulation agreements with the community colleges and the |
22 | State System of Higher Education institutions pursuant to |
23 | Article XX-C of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known |
24 | as the Public School Code of 1949, and agrees to participate in |
25 | a longitudinal data system operated by the Commonwealth |
26 | consistent with any applicable United States Department of |
27 | Education guidelines. Failure to implement agreements and |
28 | participate in the longitudinal data system for the 2010-2011 |
29 | school year shall result in the university returning to the |
30 | Commonwealth payments received under this act. |
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1 | Section 4. (a) Lincoln University shall apply the moneys |
2 | appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted |
3 | in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records |
4 | showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days |
5 | after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates, |
6 | Lincoln University shall file, with the Secretary of Education, |
7 | the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the |
8 | Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes |
9 | of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act |
10 | and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt |
11 | of any appropriation during said fiscal year. |
12 | (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be |
13 | reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he |
14 | shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by |
15 | this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes |
16 | not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered |
17 | and paid by Lincoln University to the State Treasurer. In |
18 | respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys other |
19 | than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall |
20 | have the right to review only, and he shall file annually with |
21 | the General Assembly such information concerning said |
22 | expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees |
23 | may require. |
24 | Section 5. Lincoln University shall provide full, complete |
25 | and accurate information as may be required by the Department of |
26 | Education or the chairman or the minority chairman of the |
27 | Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the |
28 | minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House |
29 | of Representatives. |
30 | Section 6. Lincoln University shall present and report its |
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1 | financial statements required under the provisions of this act |
2 | in accordance with: the generally accepted accounting principles |
3 | as prescribed by the National Association of College and |
4 | University Business Officers, the American Institute of |
5 | Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any |
6 | other recognized authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of |
7 | Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher |
8 | Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related |
9 | Colleges and Universities"; and the financial reporting policies |
10 | and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
11 | and by the Federal Government that apply to Lincoln University. |
12 | Section 7. Lincoln University shall make all articulation |
13 | agreements with other higher education institutions available on |
14 | the Internet. |
15 | Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or |
16 | immediately, whichever is later. |
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