PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 839, 1010 PRINTER'S NO. 1068
No. 777 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY CIANFRANI AND ARLENE, JUNE 9, 1975
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, JULY 8, 1975
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), entitled "An act
2 providing for the establishment and operation of Lincoln
3 University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve
4 as a State-related institution in the higher education system
5 of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing
6 for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of
7 trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees;
8 providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in
9 tuition; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed
10 annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing
11 of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations;
12 providing for public support and capital improvements;
13 authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within
14 the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual
15 report of the operations of Lincoln University," making
16 appropriations for carrying the same into effect, providing
17 for a basis for payments of such appropriation, and providing
18 a method of accounting for the funds appropriated.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
22 necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Trustees
23 of the College of Lincoln University, Chester County, for the
24 fiscal period July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976, for the purposes
25 and in the amounts as shown:
26 (1) For general institutional expenses <--
1 EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES..... $2,428,000 <--
2 (2) For advanced institution development........ 250,000
3 (3) For accreditation improvement............... 100,000
4 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
5 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
6 on the basis of costs during the fiscal period.
7 Section 3. Payments to Lincoln University of the
8 appropriation herein provided shall be made monthly during the
9 fiscal period.
10 Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with the
11 provisions of section 2, on the basis of estimated costs. The
12 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
13 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and to the
14 State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on
15 which such payment is to be made.
16 Section 4. Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
17 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
18 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
19 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
20 after the close of the fiscal period to which this act relates,
21 Lincoln University shall file with the Secretary of Education,
22 the General Assembly and with the Auditor General of the
23 Commonwealth a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
24 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
25 and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt
26 of any appropriation during said fiscal period. Such statement
27 of expenditures and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor
28 General of the Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in
29 respect to the moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and
30 disallow expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this
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1 act. The Auditor General shall also make a determination of
2 costs and make certification as to their correctness. In respect
3 to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than
4 those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have
5 the right to review only and he shall file annually with the
6 General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures
7 as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.
8 Section 5. The university shall provide such information and
9 in such form and manner as the Department of Education may
10 prescribe.
11 Section 6. The university shall report its revenues and
12 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
13 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
14 accounting principles and procedures for educational
15 institutions as set forth in the "Industry Audit Guide for
16 Colleges and Universities" of the American Institute of
17 Certified Public Accountants of 1973, without exception.
18 Section 7. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
19 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
20 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
21 of the university except the Doctor of Medicine program. The
22 report, to be submitted prior to November 1, 1976, shall cover
23 the twelve-month period beginning September 1, 1975. The report
24 shall include for each term during the period:
25 (1) The following counts and distributions:
26 (i) The definitions and numbers of full-time faculty
27 members, of part-time faculty members, of full-time students
28 enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students enrolled in
29 undergraduate courses, of part-time students enrolled in
30 graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled in
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1 undergraduate courses.
2 (ii) A distribution of part-time faculty members by the
3 percentage of full-time employment.
4 (iii) Total numbers of undergraduate student credit hours,
5 divided into lower division and upper division levels, and of
6 graduate student credit hours divided into three levels --
7 master's, first professional and doctoral.
8 (iv) Number of different courses scheduled by level of
9 instruction, distributed by the number of sections scheduled in
10 each course and the sections distributed by the number of
11 students enrolled in each section.
12 (v) Number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
13 (2) A classification of faculty members or other
14 professional employees by title including: professor, associate
15 professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research
16 associate, librarian, and academic administrator; faculty
17 members or other professional employees under each title to be
18 subdivided by type of assignment undergraduate courses only,
19 graduate courses only, or both graduate and undergraduate
20 courses; and each such set of faculty members or other
21 professional employees to be further subdivided by type of
22 employment, full-time or part-time; and the following aggregates
23 for each such subdivided classification:
24 (i) The number.
25 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate courses
26 and the sum of credits assigned to graduate courses taught,
27 divided into lower division, upper division, master's, first
28 professional and doctoral levels.
29 (iii) The sum of undergraduate student credit hours and the
30 sum of graduate student credit hours generated; divided into
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1 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
2 doctoral levels.
3 (iv) Total salary paid.
4 (v) Total salary paid from university funds.
5 (vi) Total salary paid from Federal funds.
6 (vii) Total salary paid from other funds.
7 (3) For each term of the period covered for each full-time
8 faculty member identified by school, department and title:
9 (i) An analysis of the average hours per week spent in
10 university-related activities, stating specifically hours spent
11 in undergraduate classroom contact and graduate classroom
12 contact, hours spent in preparation, hours spent in research and
13 hours spent in public service.
14 (ii) The total salary paid and the salary paid from
15 university funds.
16 Section 8. In addition to the requirements of section 7, the
17 report covering the twelve-month period beginning September 1,
18 1975, shall include for all programs of the university except
19 the Doctor of Medicine program:
20 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
21 degree, and for a master's degree.
22 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
23 professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1973, 1974
24 and 1975 and estimated 1976.
25 Section 9. This act shall take effect immediately.
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