HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 833, 1009, 1067 PRINTER'S NO. 1146
No. 771 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY CIANFRANI, JUNE 9, 1975
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JULY 22, 1975
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of April 1, 1863 (P.L.213, No.227), entitled "An act
2 to accept the grant of Public Lands, by the United States, to
3 the several states, for the endowment of Agricultural
4 Colleges," making appropriations for carrying the same into
5 effect, providing for a basis for payments of such
6 appropriations and providing a method of accounting for the
7 funds appropriated.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. In order to carry into effect the act of
11 Congress, approved July 2, 1862, granting public land to the
12 several states for educational purposes, and subsequent acts of
13 Congress related thereto, and the act of the General Assembly of
14 Pennsylvania accepting the provisions and conditions of said
15 acts of Congress and pledging the faith of the State to carry
16 the same into effect, the following sums or as much thereof as
17 may be necessary are hereby specifically appropriated to the
18 Trustees of the Pennsylvania State University for the fiscal
19 year July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976, for the purposes and in the
20 amounts as shown:
1 (1) For EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES.. $72,250,000 <--
2 $71,593,000
3 (2) For net cost of student aid............... 1,760,000 <--
4 (3) For net cost of extension and public <--
5 services.................................. 9,626,000
6 (4) For net cost of research.................. 17,064,000 <--
7 (5) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine
8 only...................................... 2,665,000
9 Section 2. Payments to Pennsylvania State University on
10 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
11 section 1 except for instruction - Doctor of Medicine shall be
12 made on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.
13 Payments for instruction - Doctor of Medicine shall be made
14 on the basis of full-time equivalent students enrollment at the
15 rate of $7,465 per student.
16 Section 3. If necessary, the Pennsylvania State University
17 may transfer funds among the appropriations listed in section 1,
18 clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4): Provided, That the aggregate
19 amount transferred into or out of each appropriation during the
20 fiscal year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically
21 appropriated for that purpose.
22 Section 4. Payments to the Pennsylvania State University of
23 the appropriations herein provided shall be made monthly during
24 the fiscal year.
25 Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with the
26 provisions of sections 2 and 3, on the basis of estimated costs
27 and full-time equivalent students enrolled in the Doctor of
28 Medicine program. The estimate of costs shall be submitted by
29 the Pennsylvania State University to the Secretary of Education,
30 the General Assembly and to the State Treasurer not later than
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1 30 days prior to the date on which such payment is to be made.
2 Section 5. The Pennsylvania State University shall apply the
3 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
4 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
5 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
6 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
7 relates, the Pennsylvania State University shall file with the
8 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, and with the
9 Auditor General of the Commonwealth, a statement setting forth
10 the amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from moneys
11 appropriated by this act and other university accounts during
12 said fiscal year, the number of full-time equivalent students
13 enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine program and costs, as
14 provided in sections 2 and 3, used as a basis for receipt of any
15 appropriation during said fiscal year.
16 Such statement of expenditures and number of full-time
17 equivalent students enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine program
18 and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor General of the
19 Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in respect to the
20 moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and disallow
21 expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this act and to
22 cause such sums to be recovered and paid by the Pennsylvania
23 State University to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth. The
24 Auditor General shall also make a determination of full-time
25 equivalent students enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine program
26 and costs and make a certification as to their correctness. In
27 respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys other
28 than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall
29 have the right to review only and he shall file annually with
30 the General Assembly such information concerning such
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1 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
2 may require.
3 Section 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
4 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
5 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
6 of the university except the Doctor of Medicine program. The
7 report, to be submitted prior to November 1, 1976, shall cover
8 the twelve-month period beginning September 1, 1975. The report
9 shall include for each term during the period:
10 (1) The following counts and distributions:
11 (i) The definitions and numbers of full-time faculty
12 members, of part-time faculty members, of full-time students
13 enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students enrolled in
14 undergraduate courses, of part-time students enrolled in
15 graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled in
16 undergraduate courses.
17 (ii) A distribution of part-time faculty members by the
18 percentage of full-time employment.
19 (iii) Total numbers of undergraduate student credit hours,
20 divided into lower division and upper division levels, and of
21 graduate student credit hours divided into three levels--
22 master's, first professional and doctoral.
23 (iv) Number of different courses scheduled by level of
24 instruction, distributed by the number of sections scheduled in
25 each course and the sections distributed by the number of
26 students enrolled in each section.
27 (v) Number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
28 (2) A classification of faculty members or other
29 professional employees by title including: professor, associate
30 professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research
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1 associate, librarian, and academic administrator; faculty
2 members or other professional employees under each title to be
3 subdivided by type of assignment: undergraduate courses only,
4 graduate courses only, or both graduate and undergraduate
5 courses; and each such set of faculty members or other
6 professional employees to be further subdivided by type of
7 employment: full-time or part-time; and the following aggregates
8 for each such subdivided classification:
9 (i) The number.
10 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate courses
11 and the sum of credits assigned to graduate courses taught,
12 divided into lower division, upper division, master's, first
13 professional and doctoral levels.
14 (iii) The sum of undergraduate student credit hours and the
15 sum of graduate student credit hours generated; divided into
16 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
17 doctoral levels.
18 (iv) Total salary paid.
19 (v) Total salary paid from university funds.
20 (vi) Total salary paid from Federal funds.
21 (vii) Total salary paid from other funds.
22 (3) For each term of the period covered for each full-time
23 faculty member identified by school, department and title:
24 (i) An analysis of the average hours per week spent in
25 university-related activities, stating specifically hours spent
26 in undergraduate classroom contact and graduate classroom
27 contact, hours spent in preparation, hours spent in research and
28 hours spent in public service.
29 (ii) The total salary paid and the salary paid from
30 university funds.
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1 Section 7. In addition to the requirements of section 6, the
2 report covering the twelve-month period beginning September 1,
3 1975, shall include for all programs of the university except
4 the Doctor of Medicine program:
5 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
6 degree, and for a master's degree.
7 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
8 professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1973, 1974
9 and 1975 and estimated 1976.
10 Section 8. The Pennsylvania State University shall report
11 its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
12 statements required under the provisions of this act in
13 accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
14 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in
15 "Industry Audit Guide for Colleges and Universities" of the
16 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of 1973,
17 without exception.
18 Section 9. This act shall take effect immediately.
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