PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 832 PRINTER'S NO. 1008
No. 770 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY CIANFRANI, JUNE 9, 1975
SENATOR CIANFRANI, APPROPRIATIONS, AS AMENDED, JUNE 30, 1975
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 appropriation 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. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
23 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated to the Trustees
24 of Temple University at Philadelphia for the fiscal year July 1,
25 1975 to June 30, 1976, for the purposes and in the amounts as
26 shown:
27 (1) For net cost of instruction excluding <--
1 Doctor of Medicine
2 FOR GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL EXPENSES.......... $55,299,000 <--
3 (2) For net cost of student aid................. 3,018,000
4 (3) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine
5 only........................................ 5,375,000
6 (4) FOR OPERATION OF DENTAL CLINICS IN THE <--
7 SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY......................... 500,000
8 Section 2. Payments to Temple University on account of the
9 appropriations for all items, as provided in section 1, except
10 for instruction Doctor of Medicine, shall be made on the basis
11 of net costs during the fiscal year. <--
12 Payments for instruction - Doctor of Medicine only shall be
13 made on the basis of full-time equivalent students enrolled at
14 the rate of $7,465 per student.
15 Section 3. If necessary, Temple University may transfer
16 funds among the appropriations listed in section 1, clauses (1)
17 and (2): Provided, That the aggregate amount transferred into or
18 out of each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not
19 exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated for that
20 purpose.
21 Section 4. There shall be no further disbursement of funds <--
22 appropriated for Temple University after September 30, 1975,
23 until the Chairpersons of the House and Senate Appropriations
24 Committees and the Chairpersons of the House and Senate
25 Education Committees have received copies of letters notifying
26 at least a 5% reduction of the current full-time faculty members
27 or full-time equivalent faculty members, and at least a 5%
28 reduction of the current administrators and one vice-president
29 at the university as of September 1, 1976. When the Chairpersons
30 of the respective committees have received proof of reduction
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1 notification they shall then notify the Treasurer of the
2 Commonwealth who may authorize disbursements from appropriated
3 funds to the university.
4 As an additional condition precedent to the disbursement of
5 appropriated funds after September 30, 1975 to the university,
6 the university shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the
7 Chairpersons of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
8 and the Chairpersons of the House and Senate Education
9 Committees that, commencing with the academic year that begins
10 in September 1975, all programs of academic fee remission and
11 tuition waiver for all employees of the university are
12 abolished.
13 Section 5. 4. Payment to Temple University of the <--
14 appropriations herein provided shall be made monthly during the
15 fiscal year.
16 Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with the
17 provisions of sections 2 and 3, on the basis of estimated net <--
18 costs and full-time equivalent students enrolled in the Doctor
19 of Medicine program. The estimate of net costs shall be <--
20 submitted by Temple University to the Secretary of Education,
21 the General Assembly and to the State Treasurer not later than
22 30 days prior to the date on which such payment is to be made.
23 Section 6. 5. Temple University shall apply the moneys <--
24 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
25 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
26 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
27 after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
28 Temple University shall file with the Secretary of Education,
29 the General Assembly and with the Auditor General of the
30 Commonwealth a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
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1 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
2 and other university accounts during said fiscal year the number
3 of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the Doctor of
4 Medicine program and net costs, as provided in section 2, used <--
5 as a basis for receipt of any appropriation during said fiscal
6 year. Such statement of expenditures, and number of full-time
7 equivalent students enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine program
8 and net costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor General of the <--
9 Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in respect to the
10 moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and disallow
11 expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this act and to
12 cause such sums to be recovered and paid by Temple University to
13 the Treasurer of the Commonwealth. The Auditor General shall
14 also make a determination of full-time equivalent students
15 enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine program and net costs and <--
16 make certification as to their correctness. In respect to
17 expenditures made by the university from moneys other than those
18 appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have the
19 right to review only and he shall file annually with the General
20 Assembly such information concerning said expenditures as the
21 General Assembly or any of its committees may require.
22 Section 7. 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor <--
23 and the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate
24 and House of Representatives and shall include data for all
25 programs of the university except the Doctor of Medicine
26 program. The report, to be submitted prior to November 1, 1976,
27 shall cover the twelve-month period beginning September 1, 1975.
28 The report shall include for each term during the period:
29 (1) The following counts and distributions:
30 (i) The definitions and numbers of full-time faculty
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1 members, of part-time faculty members, of full-time students
2 enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students enrolled in
3 undergraduate courses, of part-time students enrolled in
4 graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled in
5 undergraduate courses.
6 (ii) A distribution of part-time faculty members by the
7 percentage of full-time employment.
8 (iii) Total numbers of undergraduate student credit hours,
9 divided into lower division and upper division levels, and of
10 graduate student credit hours divided into three levels --
11 master's, first professional and doctoral.
12 (iv) Number of different courses scheduled by level of
13 instruction, distributed by the number of sections scheduled in
14 each course and the sections distributed by the number of
15 students enrolled in each section.
16 (v) Number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
17 (2) A classification of faculty members or other
18 professional employees by title including: professor, associate
19 professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research
20 associate, librarian, and academic administrator; faculty
21 members or other professional employees under each title to be
22 subdivided by type of assignment: undergraduate courses only,
23 graduate courses only, or both graduate and undergraduate
24 courses; and each such set of faculty members or other
25 professional employees to be further subdivided by type of
26 employment: full-time or part-time; and the following aggregates
27 for each such subdivided classification:
28 (i) The number.
29 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate courses
30 and the sum of credits assigned to graduate courses taught,
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1 divided into lower division, upper division, master's, first
2 professional and doctoral levels.
3 (iii) The sum of undergraduate student credit hours and the
4 sum of graduate student credit hours generated; divided into
5 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
6 doctoral levels.
7 (iv) Total salary paid.
8 (v) Total salary paid from university funds.
9 (vi) Total salary paid from Federal funds.
10 (vii) Total salary paid from other funds.
11 (3) For each term of the period covered for each full-time
12 faculty member identified by school, department and title:
13 (i) An analysis of the average hours per week spent in
14 university-related activities, stating specifically hours spent
15 in undergraduate classroom contact and graduate classroom
16 contact, hours spent in preparation, hours spent in research and
17 hours spent in public service.
18 (ii) The total salary paid and the salary paid from
19 university funds.
20 Section 8. 7. In addition to the requirements of section 7 <--
21 6, the report covering the twelve-month period beginning
22 September 1, 1975, shall include for all programs of the
23 university except the Doctor of Medicine program:
24 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
25 degree, and for a master's degree.
26 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
27 professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1973, 1974
28 and 1975 and estimated 1976.
29 Section 9. 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 "The Industry Audit Guide for
4 Colleges and Universities" of the American Institute of
5 Certified Public Accountants of 1973, without exception.
6 Section 10. 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 1975 <--
7 IMMEDIATELY. <--
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