PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3366 PRINTER'S NO. 3837
No. 2331 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, MARCH 10, 2008
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 2, 2008
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations to the Thomas Jefferson University,
2 Philadelphia.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. (a) The sum of $2,810,000 is hereby appropriated
6 to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal
7 year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for instruction in the
8 Doctor of Medicine program.
9 (b) The sum of $2,140,000 is hereby appropriated to the
10 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, for the fiscal year
11 July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for the general maintenance of
12 the Thomas Jefferson University, including the College of Allied
13 Health Sciences, student aid and Children's Heart Hospital.
14 Section 2. (a) Payments to the Thomas Jefferson University
15 on account of the appropriations provided in section 1(a) and
16 (b) shall be made quarterly IN TWO EQUAL PAYMENTS, THE FIRST <--
17 PAYMENT BY SEPTEMBER 15 AND THE SECOND PAYMENT BY DECEMBER 15 by
1 the Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the
2 fiscal year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for
3 inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the Thomas Jefferson
4 University of a minimum of five individuals who are not elected
5 officials and who are appointed, one each, by the Governor, the
6 President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
7 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
8 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, for terms of
9 office coterminous with that of their appointing authority; and
10 shall be further conditioned on these appointees receiving full
11 voting rights as members of the board of trustees. The
12 legislative appointee under this subsection with the most
13 seniority on the board must be a member of the executive
14 committee of the board. The legislative appointee who is second
15 most senior on the board must be a member of the finance
16 committee of the board. The legislative appointee who is on the
17 executive committee shall, within two weeks of each executive
18 committee meeting, send each legislative appointee to the board
19 a written summary of the meeting.
20 (b) The Thomas Jefferson University shall provide full,
21 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
22 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
23 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
24 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
25 House of Representatives.
26 (c) The Thomas Jefferson University shall report its
27 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
28 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
29 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
30 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
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1 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
2 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
3 Related Colleges and Universities."
4 (d) The trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University shall
5 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
6 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
7 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
8 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
9 by September 30, 2009, on how State-appropriated funds were
10 expended for fiscal year 2008-2009 to reduce the costs to
11 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
12 Pennsylvania residents.
13 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, or
14 immediately, whichever is later.
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