PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1821, 2347, 2366 PRINTER'S NO. 2381
No. 1553 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY EVANS, JUNE 5, 1991
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AUGUST 1, 1991
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.843, No.355), entitled "An
2 act providing for the establishment and operation of Temple
3 University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve
4 as a State-related university 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; providing for public support and capital
10 improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be
11 fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the
12 auditing of accounts of expenditures from said
13 appropriations; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from
14 taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to
15 make an annual report of the operations of Temple
16 University," making appropriations for carrying the same into
17 effect; providing for a basis for payments of such
18 appropriations; and providing a method of accounting for the
19 funds appropriated.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. (A) The following sums, or as much thereof as <--
23 may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of
24 Temple University for the fiscal year July 1, 1991, to June 30,
25 1992, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
1 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $132,723,000
2 (2) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only. 8,606,000
3 (3) For operation of dental clinics in the
4 school of dentistry............................... 1,067,000
5 (4) To enhance the recruitment and retention
6 of disadvantaged students......................... 300,000
7 (5) For maxillofacial prosthodontics.......... 100,000
8 (B) THE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (A) SHALL BE <--
9 CONTINGENT UPON THE UNIVERSITY COMPLYING WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF
10 THE ACT OF JUNE 21, 1957 (P.L.390, NO.212), REFERRED TO AS THE
11 RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAW, AS THEY ARE APPLIED TO AGENCIES COVERED BY
12 THAT LAW.
13 Section 2. Payments to Temple University on account of the
14 appropriations for all items as provided in section 1 shall be
15 made on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.
16 Section 3. If necessary, Temple University may transfer
17 funds among the appropriations listed in section 1(1) and (2):
18 Provided, That the aggregate amount transferred into or out of
19 each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not exceed 5% of
20 the amount specifically appropriated for that purpose.
21 Section 4. (a) Payment to Temple University of the
22 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
23 during the fiscal year.
24 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
25 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
26 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Temple University to the
27 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State
28 Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such
29 payment is to be made.
30 Section 5. (a) Temple University shall apply the moneys
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1 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
2 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
3 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
4 after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
5 Temple University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,
6 the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the
7 Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
8 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
9 and other university accounts during said fiscal year, as
10 provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
11 appropriation during said fiscal year.
12 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
13 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
14 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
15 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
16 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
17 and paid by Temple University to the State Treasurer. In respect
18 to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than
19 those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have
20 the right to review only, and he shall file annually with the
21 General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures
22 as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.
23 Section 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
24 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
25 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
26 except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to be
27 submitted prior to September 1, 1992, shall cover the 12-month
28 period beginning with the summer term 1991 and shall include:
29 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
30 during the period:
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1 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
2 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
3 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
4 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
5 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
6 in undergraduate courses.
7 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
8 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
9 levels, and of graduate student credit hours divided into three
10 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
11 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
12 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
13 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
14 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
15 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
16 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
17 States Department of Education.
18 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
19 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
20 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
21 classification of faculty members or other professional
22 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
23 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
24 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
25 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
26 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching; and each such set of
27 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
28 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time; and
29 the following aggregates for each such subdivided
30 classification:
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1 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
2 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
3 noninstructional functions.
4 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
5 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
6 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
7 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
8 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
9 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
10 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
11 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
12 doctoral course levels.
13 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
14 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
15 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
16 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
17 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
18 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
19 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
20 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
21 levels.
22 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
23 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
24 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
25 funds and other funds.
26 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
27 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
28 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
29 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
30 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
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1 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
2 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
3 service.
4 Section 7. In addition to the requirements in section 6
5 relative to this appropriation, each report covering the 12-
6 month period beginning with the summer term 1991 shall include
7 for all programs of the university:
8 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
9 degree and for a master's degree.
10 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
11 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1989, 1990,
12 1991 and estimated 1992.
13 Section 8. Temple University shall provide full, complete
14 and accurate information as may be required by the Department of
15 Education or the Majority Chairman or the Minority Chairman of
16 the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the Majority
17 Chairman or the Minority Chairman of the Appropriations
18 Committee of the House of Representatives.
19 Section 9. Temple University shall report its revenues and
20 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
21 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
22 accounting principles and procedures for educational
23 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
24 Manual, United States Department of Health, Education and
25 Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
26 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
27 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
28 Universities."
29 Section 10. This act shall take effect immediately.
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