PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1183, 1410 PRINTER'S NO. 1513
No. 1026 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, MAY 24, 1983
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 28, 1983
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 to Lincoln University; providing for a basis
17 for payments of the appropriations; and providing a method of
18 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, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Lincoln
23 University, for the fiscal year July 1, 1983 to June 30, 1984,
24 for the following purposes and amounts:
25 (1) For educational and general expenses..... $4,272,000
1 (2) For cost of student aid.................. 150,000
2 (3) For master's program in Human
3 Services................................. 190,000
4 (4) To enhance the recruitment and
5 retention of disadvantaged students...... 200,000
6 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
7 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made on the basis
8 of costs during the fiscal period.
9 Section 3. (a) Payments to Lincoln University of the
10 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
11 during the fiscal year.
12 (b) The monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
13 section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The estimate of costs
14 shall be submitted by Lincoln University to the Secretary of
15 Education, the General Assembly and the State Treasurer not
16 later than 30 days prior to the date on which the payment is to
17 be made.
18 Section 4. (a) Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
19 appropriated by this act only for the purposes permitted in this
20 act and shall at all times maintain proper records showing the
21 application of the moneys. Not later than 120 days after the
22 close of the fiscal year to which this act relates, Lincoln
23 University shall file with the Secretary of Education, the
24 General Assembly and the Auditor General a statement setting
25 forth the amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from
26 moneys appropriated by this act and other university accounts
27 during the fiscal year, as provided in section 2, used as a
28 basis for receipt of any appropriation during the fiscal year.
29 (b) The statement of expenditures and costs shall be
30 reviewed by the Auditor General who has the right, in respect to
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1 the moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and disallow
2 expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this act and to
3 cause such sums to be recovered and paid by Lincoln University
4 to the State Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the
5 university from moneys other than those appropriated by this
6 act, the Auditor General has the right to review only and shall
7 file annually with the General Assembly any information
8 concerning these expenditures as the General Assembly or any of
9 its committees may require.
10 Section 5. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
11 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
12 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
13 programs. The report, to be submitted prior to September 1,
14 1984, shall cover the 12-month period beginning with the summer
15 term 1983 and shall include:
16 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
17 during the period:
18 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
19 full-time, of faculty members employed part-time, of full-time
20 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
21 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
22 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
23 in undergraduate courses.
24 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
25 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
26 levels and of graduate student credit hours divided into three
27 course levels: master's, first professional and doctoral.
28 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
29 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
30 at each level of instruction.
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1 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
2 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
3 total and for each two-digit Hegis category of instructional
4 programs in higher education as defined by the National Center
5 for Education Statistics, United States Department of Education,
6 a classification of faculty members or other professional
7 employees by title including: professor, associate professor,
8 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
9 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
10 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
11 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, with each set of
12 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
13 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
14 following aggregates for each subdivided classification:
15 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
16 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
17 noninstructional functions.
18 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
19 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
20 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
21 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
22 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
23 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
24 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
25 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
26 doctoral course levels.
27 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
28 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
29 generated; divided into lower division, upper division,
30 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
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1 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
2 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
3 student credit hours generated; divided into lower division,
4 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
5 levels.
6 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
7 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
8 paid for each of these functions from college or university
9 funds, Federal funds and other funds.
10 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
11 member employed full-time identified by two-digit Hegis category
12 and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the average
13 hours per week spent in college or university-related
14 activities, stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate
15 classroom contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
16 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
17 service.
18 Section 6. (a) In addition to the requirements in section 5
19 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
20 period beginning with the summer term 1983 shall include for all
21 programs of the university:
22 (1) The minimum number of credits required for a
23 baccalaureate degree and for a master's degree.
24 (2) The number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees,
25 first professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1981,
26 1982, 1983 and estimated 1984.
27 (b) The Lincoln University shall report its revenues and
28 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
29 the provisions of this act in accordance with the "Higher
30 Education Finance Manual of 1975."
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1 SECTION 7. AN ADDITIONAL REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE <--
2 GOVERNOR AND THE APPROPRIATIONS AND EDUCATION COMMITTEES OF THE
3 SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SHALL INCLUDE DATA WHICH
4 INDICATES THE INCREASE IN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACTIVITIES
5 OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY RELATING TO DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND THE
6 EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH ACTIVITIES HAVE INCREASED OR WILL INCREASE
7 DISADVANTAGED STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
8 Section 7 8. The Lincoln University shall provide such <--
9 information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
10 this act and in the form and manner as the Department of
11 Education may prescribe.
12 Section 8 9. The Lincoln University shall report its <--
13 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
14 required under the provisions of this act in accordance with
15 generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
16 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
17 Finance Manual of 1975," with the exceptions set forth in the
18 "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for State-
19 Related Universities, Phase I, Fiscal Year 1983-1984." Credits
20 granted for nontraditional programs such as CLEP, lifelong
21 learning etc., including all related costs and revenues thereof
22 shall be excluded from the function of "Instruction" and
23 included under "Public Service."
24 Section 9 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 1983 or, if <--
25 enacted subsequent to that date, then immediately.
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