SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3172, 3391, 3661 PRINTER'S NO. 3795
No. 2373 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, MAY 2, 1988
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 28, 1988
A SUPPLEMENT AN ACT <--
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 appropriations; and
18 providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated.
19 AMENDING THE ACT OF JULY 13, 1988 (P.L. , NO.17A), ENTITLED "A <--
20 SUPPLEMENT TO THE ACT OF JULY 7, 1972 (P.L.743, NO.176),
21 ENTITLED 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
22 OPERATION OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY AS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
23 COMMONWEALTH TO SERVE AS A STATE-RELATED INSTITUTION IN THE
24 HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE COMMONWEALTH; PROVIDING FOR
25 CHANGE OF NAME; PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF
26 TRUSTEES; TERMS OF TRUSTEES, AND THE POWER AND DUTIES OF SUCH
27 TRUSTEES; PROVIDING FOR PREFERENCE TO PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS
28 IN TUITION; AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS IN AMOUNTS TO BE FIXED
29 ANNUALLY BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; PROVIDING FOR THE AUDITING
30 OF ACCOUNTS OF EXPENDITURES FROM SAID APPROPRIATIONS;
31 PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS;
1 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION WITHIN
2 THE COMMONWEALTH; REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE AN ANNUAL
3 REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY,' MAKING
4 APPROPRIATIONS FOR CARRYING THE SAME INTO EFFECT; PROVIDING
5 FOR A BASIS FOR PAYMENTS OF SUCH APPROPRIATIONS; AND
6 PROVIDING A METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FOR THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED,"
7 PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
8 AFFAIRS INSTITUTE.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 SECTION 1. SECTION 1 OF THE ACT OF JULY 13, 1988 (P.L. , <--
12 NO.17A), ENTITLED "A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ACT OF JULY 7, 1972
13 (P.L.743, NO.176), ENTITLED 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
14 ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY AS AN
15 INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO SERVE AS A STATE-RELATED
16 INSTITUTION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE COMMONWEALTH;
17 PROVIDING FOR CHANGE OF NAME; PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION OF
18 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES; TERMS OF TRUSTEES, AND THE POWER AND
19 DUTIES OF SUCH TRUSTEES; PROVIDING FOR PREFERENCE TO
20 PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS IN TUITION; AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS IN
21 AMOUNTS TO BE FIXED ANNUALLY BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; PROVIDING
22 FOR THE AUDITING OF ACCOUNTS OF EXPENDITURES FROM SAID
23 APPROPRIATIONS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT AND CAPITAL
24 IMPROVEMENTS; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS EXEMPT FROM
25 TAXATION WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH; REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO
26 MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY,'
27 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CARRYING THE SAME INTO EFFECT;
28 PROVIDING FOR A BASIS FOR PAYMENTS OF SUCH APPROPRIATIONS; AND
29 PROVIDING A METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FOR THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED," IS
30 AMENDED BY ADDING AN APPROPRIATION TO READ:
31 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
32 necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Lincoln
33 University, Chester County, for the fiscal year July 1, 1988, to
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1 June 30, 1989, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
2 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $8,669,000 <--
3 (2) To enhance the recruitment and retention
4 of disadvantaged students......................... 500,000
5 (3) International Affairs Institute........... 300,000
6 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
7 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
8 on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.
9 Section 3. (a) Payments to Lincoln University of the
10 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
11 during the fiscal year.
12 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
13 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
14 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
15 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State
16 Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such
17 payment is to be made.
18 Section 4. (a) Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
19 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
20 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
21 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
22 after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
23 Lincoln University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,
24 the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the
25 Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
26 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
27 and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt
28 of any appropriation during said fiscal year.
29 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
30 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
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1 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
2 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
3 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
4 and paid by Lincoln University to the State Treasurer. In
5 respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys other
6 than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall
7 have the right to review only, and he shall file annually with
8 the General Assembly such information concerning said
9 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
10 may require.
11 Section 5. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
12 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
13 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
14 programs. The report, to be submitted prior to September 1,
15 1989, shall cover the 12-month period beginning with the summer
16 term 1988 and shall include:
17 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
18 during the period:
19 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
20 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
21 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
22 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
23 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
24 in undergraduate courses.
25 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
26 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
27 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
28 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
29 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
30 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
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1 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
2 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
3 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
4 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
5 States Department of Education.
6 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
7 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
8 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
9 classification of faculty members or other professional
10 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
11 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
12 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
13 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
14 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
15 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
16 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
17 following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
18 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
19 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
20 noninstructional functions.
21 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
22 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
23 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
24 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
25 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
26 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
27 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
28 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
29 doctoral course levels.
30 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
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1 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
2 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
3 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
4 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
5 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
6 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
7 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
8 levels.
9 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
10 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
11 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
12 funds and other funds.
13 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
14 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
15 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
16 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
17 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
18 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
19 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
20 service.
21 Section 6. In addition to the requirements in section 5
22 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
23 period beginning with the summer term 1988 shall include for all
24 programs of the university:
25 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
26 degree and for a master's degree.
27 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
28 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1986, 1987,
29 1988 and estimated 1989.
30 Section 7. Lincoln University shall provide such information
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1 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and
2 in such form and manner as the Department of Education shall
3 prescribe.
4 Section 8. Lincoln University shall report its revenues and
5 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
6 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
7 accounting principles and procedures for educational
8 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
9 Manual, United States Department of Health, Education and
10 Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
11 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
12 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
13 Universities."
14 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 1988, or
15 immediately, whichever is later.
16 * * * <--
17 (3) INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTE........... 300,000
18 SECTION 2. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
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