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                                 SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3692                      PRINTER'S NO. 4473

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2512 Session of 2006


        INTRODUCED BY FEESE, MARCH 14, 2006

        SENATOR WENGER, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
           AMENDED, JUNE 30, 2006

                                     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 $4,861,000 $6,543,000 is hereby         <--
     6  appropriated to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
     7  Medicine, Philadelphia, for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to
     8  June 30, 2007, for instruction in the Doctor of Osteopathy
     9  program.
    10     Section 2.  Payments to the Philadelphia College of
    11  Osteopathic Medicine on account of the appropriation provided in
    12  section 1 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education
    13  on the basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be
    14  conditioned on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board
    15  of Trustees of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
    16  of a minimum of five persons who are not elected officials and


     1  who are appointed by the Governor, the President pro tempore of
     2  the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of
     3  the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the
     4  House of Representatives for terms of office coterminous with
     5  that of the respective appointing authority; and shall be
     6  further conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting
     7  rights as members of the board of trustees.
     8     Section 3.  The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
     9  shall provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
    10  required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the
    11  minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
    12  or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
    13  Committee of the House of Representatives.
    14     Section 4.  The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
    15  shall report its revenues and expenditures and present its
    16  financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
    17  accounting principles and procedures for educational
    18  institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
    19  Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
    20  Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
    21  Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
    22  Universities."
    23     Section 5.  The Trustees of the Philadelphia College of
    24  Osteopathic Medicine shall report on forms provided by the
    25  Department of Education to both the chairman and minority
    26  chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
    27  chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee
    28  of the House of Representatives by September 30, 2007, on how
    29  State-appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 2006-2007
    30  to reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to
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     1  provide services to Pennsylvania residents.
     2     Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006, or
     3  immediately, whichever is later.


















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