THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009  

AN ACT

Making an appropriation to the Trustees of Drexel University,

Philadelphia.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The sum of $1,563,000 is hereby appropriated to

the Trustees of Drexel University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal

year July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, for instruction and student

aid.

Section 2.  Payments to Drexel University on account of the

appropriation provided in section 1 shall be made quarterly by

the Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the

fiscal year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for

inclusion on the Board of Trustees of Drexel University of a

minimum of five persons who are not elected officials and who

are appointed by the Governor, the President pro tempore of the

Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the

House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of

Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the

respective appointing authority.

Section 3.  The Drexel University shall provide full,

complete and accurate information as may be required by the

Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman

of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or

the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the

House of Representatives.

Section 4.  Drexel University shall report its revenues and

expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance

with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for

educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education

Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,

State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and

Universities."

Section 5.  The Trustees of Drexel University shall report on

forms provided by the Department of Education to the chairman

and the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the

Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the

Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives by

September 30, 2010, on how State-appropriated funds were

expended for fiscal year 2009-2010 to reduce the costs to

Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to

Pennsylvania residents.

Section 6.  This act shall take effect immediately.