HOUSE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2001 PRINTER'S NO. 2084
No. 1583 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY CIANFRANI, JUNE 14, 1976
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 22, 1976
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, 1976 to June 30, 1977, for the purposes 25 and in the amounts as shown:
1 (1) For instruction............................. $2,525,000 <--
2 (1) FOR EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENSES........ $2,675,000 <--
3 (2) For advanced institution development........ 250,000
4 (3) For accreditation improvement............... 200,000
5 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
6 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
7 on the basis of costs during the fiscal period.
8 Section 3. Payments to Lincoln University of the
9 appropriation herein provided shall be made monthly during the
10 fiscal period.
11 Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with the
12 provisions of section 2, on the basis of estimated costs. The
13 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
14 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and to the
15 State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on
16 which such payment is to be made.
17 Section 4. Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
18 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
19 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
20 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
21 after the close of the fiscal period to which this act relates,
22 Lincoln University shall file with the Secretary of Education,
23 the General Assembly and with the Auditor General of the
24 Commonwealth a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
25 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
26 and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt
27 of any appropriation during said fiscal period. Such statement
28 of expenditures and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor
29 General of the Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in
30 respect to the moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and
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1 disallow expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this 2 act. The Auditor General shall also make a determination of 3 costs and make certification as to their correctness. In respect 4 to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than 5 those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have 6 the right to review only and he shall file annually with the 7 General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures 8 as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require. 9 Section 5. The university shall provide such information and 10 in such form and manner as the Department of Education may 11 prescribe. 12 Section 6. The university shall report its revenues and 13 expenditures and present its financial statements required under 14 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted 15 accounting principles and procedures for educational 16 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance 17 Manual of 1975," without exception. 18 Section 7. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and 19 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and 20 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs 21 of the university except the Doctor of Medicine program. The 22 report, to be submitted prior to November 1, 1977, shall cover 23 the twelve-month period beginning September 1, 1976. The report 24 shall include for each term during the period: 25 (1) The following counts and distributions: 26 (i) The definitions and numbers of full-time faculty 27 members, of part-time faculty members, of full-time students 28 enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students enrolled in 29 undergraduate courses, of part-time students enrolled in 30 graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled in 19760S1583B2084 - 3 -
1 undergraduate courses. 2 (ii) A distribution of part-time faculty members by the 3 percentage of full-time employment. 4 (iii) Total numbers of undergraduate student credit hours, 5 divided into lower division and upper division levels, and of 6 graduate student credit hours divided into three levels -- 7 master's, first professional and doctoral. 8 (iv) Number of different courses scheduled by level of 9 instruction, distributed by the number of sections scheduled in 10 each course and the sections distributed by the number of 11 students enrolled in each section. 12 (v) Number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof. 13 (2) A classification of faculty members or other 14 professional employees by title including: professor, associate 15 professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research 16 associate, librarian, and academic administrator; faculty 17 members or other professional employees under each title to be 18 subdivided by type of assignment undergraduate courses only, 19 graduate courses only, or both graduate and undergraduate 20 courses; and each such set of faculty members or other 21 professional employees to be further subdivided by type of 22 employment, full-time or part-time; and the following aggregates 23 for each such subdivided classification: 24 (i) The number. 25 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate courses 26 and the sum of credits assigned to graduate courses taught, 27 divided into lower division, upper division, master's, first 28 professional and doctoral levels. 29 (iii) The sum of undergraduate student credit hours and the 30 sum of graduate student credit hours generated; divided into 19760S1583B2084 - 4 -
1 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and 2 doctoral levels. 3 (iv) Total salary paid. 4 (v) Total salary paid from university funds. 5 (vi) Total salary paid from Federal funds. 6 (vii) Total salary paid from other funds. 7 (3) For each term of the period covered for each full-time 8 faculty member identified by school, department and title: 9 (i) An analysis of the average hours per week spent in 10 university-related activities, stating specifically hours spent 11 in undergraduate classroom contact and graduate classroom 12 contact, hours spent in preparation, hours spent in research and 13 hours spent in public service. 14 (ii) The total salary paid and the salary paid from 15 university funds. 16 Section 8. In addition to the requirements of section 7, the <-- 17 report covering the twelve-month period beginning September 1, 18 1976, shall include for all programs of the university except 19 the Doctor of Medicine program: 20 (1) (4) Minimum number of credits required for a <-- 21 baccalaureate degree, and for a master's degree. 22 (2) (5) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, <-- 23 first professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 24 1974, 1975 and 1976 and estimated 1977. 25 Section 9 8. Lincoln University shall provide such <-- 26 information and in such form and manner as the Department of 27 Education may prescribe. 28 Section 10 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 1976. <-- C10L4RLC/19760S1583B2084 - 5 -