PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3704                      PRINTER'S NO. 3949

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2795 Session of 1994


        INTRODUCED BY EVANS, MAY 18, 1994

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           JUNE 20, 1994

                                     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 $5,446,000 is hereby appropriated to
     6  the Trustees of Drexel University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal
     7  year July 1, 1994, to June 30, 1995, 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 INCLUDE FIVE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND
    15  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF
    16  THE SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF
    17  THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE

     1  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL EACH, UPON INVITATION BY THE
     2  TRUSTEES, APPOINT A NONELECTED OFFICIAL TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF
     3  THE BOARD AND THE TERMS OF OFFICE SHALL BE COTERMINOUS WITH THAT
     4  OF THEIR APPOINTING AUTHORITY.
     5     Section 3.  The Drexel University shall provide full,
     6  complete and accurate information as may be required by the
     7  Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
     8  of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
     9  the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
    10  House of Representatives.
    11     Section 4.  Drexel University shall report its revenues and
    12  expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
    13  with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
    14  educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
    15  Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    16  Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
    17  State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
    18  Universities."
    19     Section 5.  The Trustees of Drexel University shall report on
    20  forms provided by the Department of Education to the chairman
    21  and the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
    22  Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the
    23  Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives by
    24  September 30, 1995, on how State-appropriated funds were
    25  expended for fiscal year 1994-1995 to reduce the costs to
    26  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
    27  Pennsylvania residents.
    28     Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1994, or
    29  immediately, whichever is later.

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