HB 1421 — An Act providing for funding for certain State-aided universities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, for costs basis, for frequency of payments and for recordkeeping requirements; imposing a duty on the Auditor General; providing for financial statements, for the Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund and for restrictions; and making appropriations.

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HARRIS, MAY 6, 2025 AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 12, 2025 AN ACT Prouniversities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and <-- ending June 30, 2026, for costs basis, for frequency of payments and for recordkeeping requirements;

This act shall be known and may be cited as the State-related <-- STATE-AIDED University Nonpreferred Appropriation Act of 2025.

<-- Section 2.

"State-related "STATE-AIDED university." The term includes:

<-- (1) The Pennsylvania State University.

(5)Section THE3. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

<-- Section 3.

Payments made to a State-related STATE-AIDED university on <-- account of an appropriation under this act shall be made on the basis of costs during the current fiscal year.

(a) Monthly payments.-- (1) Payments made under section 10 to a State-related <-- STATE-AIDED university from an appropriation provided in this <-- act shall be made monthly during the current fiscal year.

(b) Estimated costs.-- (1) The monthly payments shall be made to a State- <-- related STATE-AIDED university under section 3 on the basis <-- of estimated costs.

The estimate of costs shall be submitted by the State-relatedState- STATE-AIDEDrelated university to the secretary, <-- the General Assembly and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which the payment is to be made.

20250HB1421PN2589 - 2 - (a) Duties of State-related STATE-AIDED universities.-- <-- (1) A State-related STATE-AIDED university shall apply <-- the money 20250HB1421PN1645 - 2 - 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 the money.

(2) Not later than 120 days after the close of the current fiscal year, the State-related STATE-AIDED university <-- shall file, with the secretary, the General Assembly and the Auditor General, a statement that specifies the amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from money appropriated by this act and other university accounts during the current fiscal year, as provided in section 3, used as a basis for receipt of an appropriation during the current fiscal year.

The Auditor General may, with respect to the money appropriated by this act, audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this act, recover the sums from the State- <-- related STATE-AIDED university and transmit the recovered sums <-- to the State Treasurer.

In respect to expenditures made by the State-related STATE-AIDED university from money other than that <-- appropriated by this act, the Auditor General may review only, and shall file annually with the General Assembly, information concerning those expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.

A State-related university shall provide full, complete and <-- accurate information as may be required by the department or the chairperson (A)or INFORMATIONminority GENERALLY.--Achairperson STATE-AIDEDof <--the UNIVERSITYAppropriations SHALLCommittee PROVIDEof FULL,the COMPLETESenate ANDor ACCURATEthe INFORMATIONchairperson 20250HB1421PN2589or -minority 3chairperson -of ASthe MAYAppropriations BECommittee REQUIREDof BY:the House of Representatives.

(1)20250HB1421PN1645 EXCEPT- AS3 PROVIDED- INSection PARAGRAPH7. (2), THE DEPARTMENT;

(2) IN THE CASE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

OR (3) THE CHAIRPERSON or minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairperson or minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.

(B) COST REDUCTION REPORTING.--THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE <-- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SHALL REPORT, ON FORMS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO THE CHAIRPERSON AND MINORITY CHAIRPERSON OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE AND THE CHAIRPERSON AND MINORITY CHAIRPERSON OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, HOW STATE-APPROPRIATED MONEY WAS EXPENDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025- 2026 TO REDUCE THE COSTS TO PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENT STUDENTS OR TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS.

Section 7.

A State-related STATE-AIDED university shall present and <-- report its financial statements required under this act in accordance with:

(2) The "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State- Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and Universities." 20250HB1421PN2589 - 4 - (3) The financial reporting policies and standards promulgated by the Federal Government and by the Commonwealth that apply to the State-related STATE-AIDED university.

<-- Section 8.

(2) Money appropriated by this act to the University of Pittsburgh shall only be used for costs directly related to the provision of instruction for graduate and undergraduate 20250HB1421PN1645 - 4 - students and costs incurred in providing student-related services and community outreach services consistent with the existing laws of this Commonwealth.

(3) MONEY APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF <-- PENNSYLVANIA SHALL BE CONDITIONED ON:

(I) CONTINUING AUTHORITY FOR INCLUSION ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA OF A MINIMUM OF FOUR PERSONS WHO ARE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WHO ARE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR TERMS OF OFFICE 20250HB1421PN2589 - 5 - COTERMINOUS WITH THAT OF THE RESPECTIVE APPOINTING AUTHORITY;

AND (II) THE APPOINTEES UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) RECEIVING FULL VOTING RIGHTS AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

(a) Current fiscal year.--The following sums, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the boards of trustees of the respective State-related STATE-AIDED <-- universities for the current fiscal year, for the purposes and in the amounts as follows:

State appropriation............................3,791,000 <-- STATE APPROPRIATION............................3,981,000 <-- (5) To Temple University, for general support.

State appropriation...........................21,890,000 (7)(b) TO(Reserved). THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, FOR VETERINARY <-- ACTIVITIES.

STATE APPROPRIATION...........................31,560,000 20250HB1421PN2589 - 6 - (8) TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

STATE APPROPRIATION............................1,793,000 (b) (Reserved).

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