HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2001, 2084, 2086 PRINTER'S NO. 2134
No. 1583 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY CIANFRANI, JUNE 14, 1976
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 30, 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 $2,525,000 <--
4 (2) FOR COST OF STUDENT AID..................... 150,000
5 (2) (3) For advanced institution development.... 250,000 <--
6 (3) For accreditation improvement............... 200,000 <--
7 (4) FOR ACCREDITATION AND LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT... 250,000 <--
8 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
9 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
10 on the basis of costs during the fiscal period.
11 Section 3. Payments to Lincoln University of the
12 appropriation herein provided shall be made monthly during the
13 fiscal period.
14 Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with the
15 provisions of section 2, on the basis of estimated costs. The
16 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
17 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and to the
18 State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on
19 which such payment is to be made.
20 Section 4. Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
21 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
22 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
23 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
24 after the close of the fiscal period to which this act relates,
25 Lincoln University shall file with the Secretary of Education,
26 the General Assembly and with the Auditor General of the
27 Commonwealth a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
28 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
29 and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt
30 of any appropriation during said fiscal period. Such statement
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1 of expenditures and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor
2 General of the Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in
3 respect to the moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and
4 disallow expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this
5 act. The Auditor General shall also make a determination of
6 costs and make certification as to their correctness. In respect
7 to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than
8 those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have
9 the right to review only and he shall file annually with the
10 General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures
11 as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.
12 Section 5. The university shall provide such information and
13 in such form and manner as the Department of Education may
14 prescribe.
15 Section 6. The university shall report its revenues and
16 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
17 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
18 accounting principles and procedures for educational
19 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
20 Manual of 1975," without exception.
21 Section 7. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
22 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
23 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
24 of the university except the Doctor of Medicine program. The
25 report, to be submitted prior to November 1, 1977, shall cover
26 the twelve-month period beginning September 1, 1976. The report
27 shall include for each term during the period:
28 (1) The following counts and distributions:
29 (i) The definitions and numbers of full-time faculty
30 members, of part-time faculty members, of full-time students
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1 enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students enrolled in
2 undergraduate courses, of part-time students enrolled in
3 graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled in
4 undergraduate courses.
5 (ii) A distribution of part-time faculty members by the
6 percentage of full-time employment.
7 (iii) Total numbers of undergraduate student credit hours,
8 divided into lower division and upper division levels, and of
9 graduate student credit hours divided into three levels --
10 master's, first professional and doctoral.
11 (iv) Number of different courses scheduled by level of
12 instruction, distributed by the number of sections scheduled in
13 each course and the sections distributed by the number of
14 students enrolled in each section.
15 (v) Number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
16 (2) A classification of faculty members or other
17 professional employees by title including: professor, associate
18 professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research
19 associate, librarian, and academic administrator; faculty
20 members or other professional employees under each title to be
21 subdivided by type of assignment undergraduate courses only,
22 graduate courses only, or both graduate and undergraduate
23 courses; and each such set of faculty members or other
24 professional employees to be further subdivided by type of
25 employment, full-time or part-time; and the following aggregates
26 for each such subdivided classification:
27 (i) The number.
28 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate courses
29 and the sum of credits assigned to graduate courses taught,
30 divided into lower division, upper division, master's, first
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1 professional and doctoral levels.
2 (iii) The sum of undergraduate student credit hours and the
3 sum of graduate student credit hours generated; divided into
4 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
5 doctoral levels.
6 (iv) Total salary paid.
7 (v) Total salary paid from university funds.
8 (vi) Total salary paid from Federal funds.
9 (vii) Total salary paid from other funds.
10 (3) For each term of the period covered for each full-time
11 faculty member identified by school, department and title:
12 (i) An analysis of the average hours per week spent in
13 university-related activities, stating specifically hours spent
14 in undergraduate classroom contact and graduate classroom
15 contact, hours spent in preparation, hours spent in research and
16 hours spent in public service.
17 (ii) The total salary paid and the salary paid from
18 university funds.
19 Section 8. In addition to the requirements of section 7, the <--
20 report covering the twelve-month period beginning September 1,
21 1976, shall include for all programs of the university except
22 the Doctor of Medicine program:
23 (1) (4) Minimum number of credits required for a <--
24 baccalaureate degree, and for a master's degree.
25 (2) (5) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, <--
26 first professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in
27 1974, 1975 and 1976 and estimated 1977.
28 Section 9 8. Lincoln University shall provide such <--
29 information and in such form and manner as the Department of
30 Education may prescribe.
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1 Section 10 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 1976. <--
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