PRINTER'S NO. 3743

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2741 Session of 1996


        INTRODUCED BY PITTS, JUNE 13, 1996

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 13, 1996

                                     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, 1996, to June 30, 1997, 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 agree in writing to include a minimum of five members
    15  appointed by the Governor and the General Assembly. The
    16  Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority
    17  Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of


     1  Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
     2  Representatives may each, upon receipt of the written agreement
     3  from the trustees, appoint a nonelected official to serve as a
     4  member of the board and the terms of office shall be coterminous
     5  with that of their appointing authority.
     6     Section 3.  The Drexel University shall provide full,
     7  complete and accurate information as may be required by the
     8  Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
     9  of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
    10  the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
    11  House of Representatives.
    12     Section 4.  Drexel University shall report its revenues and
    13  expenditures and present its financial statements in accordance
    14  with generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
    15  educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
    16  Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    17  Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
    18  State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
    19  Universities."
    20     Section 5.  The Trustees of Drexel University shall report on
    21  forms provided by the Department of Education to the chairman
    22  and the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
    23  Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the
    24  Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives by
    25  September 30, 1997, on how State-appropriated funds were
    26  expended for fiscal year 1996-1997 to reduce the costs to
    27  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
    28  Pennsylvania residents.
    29     Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1996, or
    30  immediately, whichever is later.
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