PRINTER'S NO. 1431
No. 1270 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY McCLATCHY, MAY 14, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 14, 1979
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, 1979 to June 30, 1980, for the purposes
25 and in the amounts as shown:
26 (1) For educational and general expenses........ $3,335,000
1 (2) For cost of student aid........................ 150,000
2 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
3 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
4 on the basis of costs during the fiscal period.
5 Section 3. Payments to Lincoln University of the
6 appropriation herein provided shall be made monthly during the
7 fiscal period.
8 Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with the
9 provisions of section 2, on the basis of estimated costs. The
10 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
11 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and to the
12 State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on
13 which such payment is to be made.
14 Section 4. Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
15 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
16 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
17 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
18 after the close of the fiscal period to which this act relates,
19 Lincoln University shall file with the Secretary of Education,
20 the General Assembly and with the Auditor General of the
21 Commonwealth a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
22 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
23 and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt
24 of any appropriation during said fiscal period. Such statement
25 of expenditures and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor
26 General of the Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in
27 respect to the moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and
28 disallow expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this
29 act. The Auditor General shall also make a determination of
30 costs and make certification as to their correctness. In respect
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1 to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than
2 those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have
3 the right to review only and he shall file annually with the
4 General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures
5 as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.
6 Section 5. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
7 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
8 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
9 except the Doctor of Medicine program. Each such report, to be
10 submitted prior to October 1, 1980, shall cover the 12-month
11 period beginning September 1, 1979 and shall include for each
12 term during the period:
13 (1) The following counts and distributions:
14 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members, employed
15 full-time, of faculty members employed part-time, of full-time
16 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
17 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
18 enrolled in graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled
19 in undergraduate courses.
20 (ii) A distribution of faculty members employed part-time by
21 the percentage of full-time employment.
22 (iii) Total numbers of undergraduate student credit hours,
23 divided into lower division and upper division course levels,
24 and of graduate student credit hours divided into three course
25 levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
26 (iv) Number of different courses scheduled by level of
27 instruction and the number of students receiving individual
28 instruction at each level of instruction.
29 (v) Number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
30 (2) Two classifications: one, a classification of faculty
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1 members or other professional employees by title including:
2 professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor,
3 lecturer, research associate, librarian, and academic
4 administrator; faculty members or other professional employees
5 under each title to be subdivided by type of assignment:
6 instructional or noninstructional divided into teaching and
7 nonteaching, and each such set of faculty members or other
8 professional employees to be further subdivided by type of
9 employment: full-time or part-time; and two, a classification of
10 faculty members and other professional employees by school and
11 department to be subdivided by type of assignment: instructional
12 or noninstructional divided into teaching and nonteaching, and
13 each such set of faculty members or other professional employees
14 to be further subdivided by type of employment: full-time or
15 part-time; and the following aggregates for each subdivision in
16 each classification:
17 (i) The number.
18 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
19 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
20 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
21 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
22 (iii) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit
23 hours and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
24 generated; divided into lower division, upper division,
25 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
26 (iv) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
27 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
28 student credit hours generated; divided into lower division,
29 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
30 levels.
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1 (v) Total salary paid.
2 (vi) Total salary paid from college or university funds.
3 (vii) Total salary paid from Federal funds.
4 (viii) Total salary paid from other funds.
5 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
6 member employed full-time identified by school, department and
7 title:
8 An analysis of the average hours per week spent in college or
9 university-related activities, stating specifically hours spent
10 in undergraduate classroom contact and graduate classroom
11 contact, hours spent in preparation, hours spent in research and
12 hours spent in public service.
13 Section 6. In addition to the above requirements relative to
14 this appropriation, each report covering the 12-month period
15 beginning September 1, 1979, shall include for all programs of
16 the university:
17 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
18 degree and for a master's degree.
19 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
20 professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1977,
21 1978, 1979 and estimated 1980.
22 The university shall report its revenues and expenditures and
23 present its financial statements required under the provisions
24 of this act in accordance with "Higher Education Finance Manual"
25 (1975).
26 Section 7. The university shall provide such information and
27 in such form and manner as the Department of Education may
28 prescribe.
29 Section 8. The university shall report its revenues and
30 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
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1 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
2 accounting principles and procedures for educational
3 institutions as set forth in "Higher Education Finance Manual"
4 United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1975)
5 with the exceptions set forth in the Commonwealth of
6 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for State-Related Universities,
7 Phase I, Fiscal Year 1979-1980. Credits granted for non-
8 traditional programs such as CLEP, lifelong learning etc.,
9 including all related costs and revenues thereof shall be
10 excluded from the function of "Instruction" and included under
11 "Public Service."
12 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 1979.
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