THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, JUNE 15, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 15, 2009  

A SUPPLEMENT

To the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.843, No.355), entitled "An

act providing for the establishment and operation of Temple

University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve

as a State-related university in the higher education system

of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing

for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of

trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees;

providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in

tuition; providing for public support and capital

improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be

fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the

auditing of accounts of expenditures from said

appropriations; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from

taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to

make an annual report of the operations of Temple

University," making Federal and State appropriations for

carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for

payments of such appropriations; and providing a method of

accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal

information disclosure.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be

necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Temple

University for the fiscal year July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010,

for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:

Section 2.  Payments to Temple University on account of the

appropriation in section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs

during the fiscal year.

Section 3.  (a)  Subject to the requirements of subsection

(c), payment to Temple University of the appropriations provided

in section 1 shall be made monthly during the fiscal year.

(b)  Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with

the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The

estimate of costs shall be submitted by Temple University to the

Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State

Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such

payment is to be made.

(c)  No funds appropriated under this act shall be received

by Temple University unless the university agrees to enter into

articulation agreements with the community colleges and the

State System of Higher Education institutions pursuant to

Article XX-C of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known

as the Public School Code of 1949, and agrees to participate in

a longitudinal data system operated by the Commonwealth

consistent with any applicable United States Department of

Education guidelines. Failure to implement agreements and

participate in the longitudinal data system for the 2010-2011

school year shall result in the university returning to the

Commonwealth payments received under this act.

Section 4.  (a)  Temple University shall apply the moneys

appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted

in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records

showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days

after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,

Temple University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,

the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the

Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes

of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act

and other university accounts during said fiscal year, as

provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any

appropriation during said fiscal year.

(b)  Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be

reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he

shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by

this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes

not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered

and paid by Temple University to the State Treasurer. In respect

to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than

those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have

the right to review only, and he shall file annually with the

General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures

as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.

Section 5.  Temple 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 6.  Temple University shall present and report its

financial statements required under the provisions of this act

in accordance with: the generally accepted accounting principles

as prescribed by the National Association of College and

University Business Officers, the American Institute of

Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any

other recognized authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher

Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related

Colleges and Universities"; and the financial reporting policies

and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

and by the Federal Government that apply to Temple University.

Section 7.  Temple University shall make all articulation

agreements with other higher education institutions available on

the Internet.

Section 8.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or

immediately, whichever is later.