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 Philadelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The sum of $1,467,000 is hereby appropriated to

the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia,

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

instruction in the Doctor of Osteopathy program.

Section 2.  Payments to the Philadelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine 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 the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

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; and shall be

further conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting

rights as members of the board of trustees.

Section 3.  The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

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.  The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

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 the Philadelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine shall report on forms provided by the

Department of Education to both the chairman and 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.