Section 12. Appropriations.--(a) All moneys due from tuition, laboratory and library fees, shall be collected by each area and shall be paid to the Department of Public Instruction for transmittal to the State Treasurer through the Department of Revenue. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to the Department of Public Instruction for the payment of salaries, rent, equipment and other expenses of every description incurred in the operation and organization of college centers by the Commonwealth.
(b) In addition to such moneys the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Department of Public Instruction for use by the commission in the payment of the costs of providing laboratories for the study of physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering drawing of college level. The moneys hereby appropriated shall be allocated by the commission with the recommendations of the area executive committees and the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.