PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 839 PRINTER'S No.1010
No. 777 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY CIANFRANI AND ARLENE, JUNE 9, 1975
SENATOR CIANFRANI, APPROPRIATIONS, AS AMENDED, JUNE 30, 1975
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, 1975 to June 30, 1976, for the purposes
25 and in the amounts as shown:
26 (1) For general institutional expenses ......... $2,428,000
1 (2) For advanced institution development........ 250,000
2 (3) For accreditation improvement............... 100,000
3 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
4 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
5 on the basis of costs during the fiscal period.
6 Section 3. Payments to Lincoln University of the
7 appropriation herein provided shall be made monthly during the
8 fiscal period.
9 Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with the
10 provisions of section 2, on the basis of estimated costs. The
11 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
12 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and to the
13 State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on
14 which such payment is to be made.
15 Section 4. Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
16 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
17 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
18 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
19 after the close of the fiscal period to which this act relates,
20 Lincoln University shall file with the Secretary of Education,
21 the General Assembly and with the Auditor General of the
22 Commonwealth a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
23 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
24 and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt
25 of any appropriation during said fiscal period. Such statement
26 of expenditures and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor
27 General of the Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in
28 respect to the moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and
29 disallow expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this
30 act. The Auditor General shall also make a determination of
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1 costs and make certification as to their correctness. In respect
2 to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than
3 those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have
4 the right to review only and he shall file annually with the
5 General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures
6 as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.
7 Section 5. There shall be no further disbursement of funds <--
8 appropriated for Lincoln University after September 30, 1975,
9 until the Chairpersons of the House and Senate Appropriations
10 Committees and the Chairpersons of the House and Senate
11 Education Committees have received copies of letters notifying
12 at least a 5% reduction of the current full-time faculty members
13 or full-time equivalent faculty members, and at least a 5%
14 reduction of the current administrators and one vice president
15 at the university as of September 1, 1976. When the Chairpersons
16 of the respective committees have received proof of reduction
17 notification they shall then notify the Treasurer of the
18 Commonwealth who may authorize disbursements from appropriated
19 funds to the university.
20 As an additional condition precedent to the disbursement of
21 appropriated funds after September 30, 1975 to the university,
22 the university shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the
23 Chairpersons of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
24 and the Chairpersons of the House and Senate Education
25 Committees that, commencing with the academic year that begins
26 in September 1975, all programs of academic fee remission and
27 tuition waiver for all employees of the university are
28 abolished.
29 Section 6 5. The university shall provide such information <--
30 and in such form and manner as the Department of Education may
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1 prescribe.
2 Section 7 6. The university shall report its revenues and <--
3 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
4 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
5 accounting principles and procedures for educational
6 institutions as set forth in the "Industry Audit Guide for
7 Colleges and Universities" of the American Institute of
8 Certified Public Accountants of 1973, without exception.
9 Section 8 7. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and <--
10 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
11 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
12 of the university except the Doctor of Medicine program. The
13 report, to be submitted prior to November 1, 1976, shall cover
14 the twelve-month period beginning September 1, 1975. The report
15 shall include for each term during the period:
16 (1) The following counts and distributions:
17 (i) The definitions and numbers of full-time faculty
18 members, of part-time faculty members, of full-time students
19 enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students enrolled in
20 undergraduate courses, of part-time students enrolled in
21 graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled in
22 undergraduate courses.
23 (ii) A distribution of part-time faculty members by the
24 percentage of full-time employment.
25 (iii) Total numbers of undergraduate student credit hours,
26 divided into lower division and upper division levels, and of
27 graduate student credit hours divided into three levels --
28 master's, first professional and doctoral.
29 (iv) Number of different courses scheduled by level of
30 instruction, distributed by the number of sections scheduled in
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1 each course and the sections distributed by the number of
2 students enrolled in each section.
3 (v) Number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
4 (2) A classification of faculty members or other
5 professional employees by title including: professor, associate
6 professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research
7 associate, librarian, and academic administrator; faculty
8 members or other professional employees under each title to be
9 subdivided by type of assignment undergraduate courses only,
10 graduate courses only, or both graduate and undergraduate
11 courses; and each such set of faculty members or other
12 professional employees to be further subdivided by type of
13 employment, full-time or part-time; and the following aggregates
14 for each such subdivided classification:
15 (i) The number.
16 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate courses
17 and the sum of credits assigned to graduate courses taught,
18 divided into lower division, upper division, master's, first
19 professional and doctoral levels.
20 (iii) The sum of undergraduate student credit hours and the
21 sum of graduate student credit hours generated; divided into
22 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
23 doctoral levels.
24 (iv) Total salary paid.
25 (v) Total salary paid from university funds.
26 (vi) Total salary paid from Federal funds.
27 (vii) Total salary paid from other funds.
28 (3) For each term of the period covered for each full-time
29 faculty member identified by school, department and title:
30 (i) An analysis of the average hours per week spent in
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1 university-related activities, stating specifically hours spent
2 in undergraduate classroom contact and graduate classroom
3 contact, hours spent in preparation, hours spent in research and
4 hours spent in public service.
5 (ii) The total salary paid and the salary paid from
6 university funds.
7 Section 9 8. In addition to the requirements of section 8 7, <--
8 the report covering the twelve-month period beginning September
9 1, 1975, shall include for all programs of the university except
10 the Doctor of Medicine program:
11 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
12 degree, and for a master's degree.
13 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
14 professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1973, 1974
15 and 1975 and estimated 1976.
16 Section 10 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 1975 <--
17 IMMEDIATELY. <--
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