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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2052 Session of 1984


                     Report of the Committee of Conference

        To the Members of the House of Representatives and Senate:

           We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of
        the House of Representatives and Senate for the purpose of
        considering House Bill No. 2052, entitled:
        "A supplement to the act of April 1, 1863 (P.L.213, No.227),
        entitled 'An act to accept the grant of Public Lands, by the
        United States, to the several states, for the endowment of
        Agricultural Colleges,' making appropriations for carrying the
        same into effect; providing for a basis for payments of such
        appropriations; and providing a method of accounting for the
        funds appropriated,"



        respectfully submit the following bill as our report:

                                           MAX PIEVSKY

                                           JAMES J. MANDERINO

                                           RICHARD A. McCLATCHY, JR.

                (Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)

                                           RICHARD A. TILGHMAN

                                           JOHN STAUFFER

                                           ROBERT J. MELLOW

                                  (Committee on the part of the Senate.)


                                  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 appropriated to the Trustees of
    18  Pennsylvania State University for the fiscal year July 1, 1984
    19  to June 30, 1985 for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
    20     (1)  For educational and general expenses and
    21  for participation by a representative of the
    22  institution, appointed by the chief executive
    23  officer thereof, as a member of the Pennsylvania
    24  Academic Commission on Technological Development,
    25  a commission for inter-institutional communication
    26  regarding technological innovation and development
    27  and for dissemination of information on such
    28  matters to the Pennsylvania business community and
    29  others who may use such information for new
    30  business and job development in Pennsylvania, such
    31  commission to be composed of representatives of
    32  every State-owned or State-related educational or

     1  scientific institution receiving general fund
     2  assistance from the Commonwealth..................  $118,557,000
     3     (2)  For cost of research......................    10,627,000
     4     (3)  For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only.     3,381,000
     5     (4)  For cost of agricultural research.........    12,647,000
     6     (5)  For cost of agricultural extension
     7  services..........................................    10,702,000
     8     (6)  For the cost of operating Elizabethtown
     9  Hospital..........................................     3,561,000
    10     (7)  For cost of soil survey...................       100,000
    11     (8)  To enhance recruitment and retention of
    12  disadvantaged students............................       200,000
    13     (9)  For research into and operation of an oil-
    14  fired boiler converted to coal-slurry.............       500,000
    15     (10)  For Agricultural Extension Statewide
    16  Computer System Network...........................     1,900,000
    17     (11)  For a small farm project.................        75,000
    18     (12)  For an attendant care study..............        50,000
    19     (13)  For the Buhl Henderson Library...........        25,000
    20     (14)  For Avian Flu research...................       375,000
    21     Section 2.  Payments to Pennsylvania State University on
    22  account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
    23  section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
    24  year.
    25     Section 3.  If necessary, Pennsylvania State University may
    26  transfer funds among the appropriations listed in section 1(1),
    27  (2), (4), (5) and (6): Provided, That the aggregate amount
    28  transferred into or out of each appropriation during the fiscal
    29  year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated
    30  for that purpose.
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     1     Section 4.  (a)  Payments to Pennsylvania State University of
     2  the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
     3  during the fiscal year.
     4     (b)  Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
     5  the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
     6  estimate of costs shall be submitted by Pennsylvania State
     7  University to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
     8  and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
     9  on which such payment is to be made.
    10     Section 5.  Notwithstanding any provision of the General
    11  Appropriation Act of 1984 relating to the payment of retirement
    12  expenses, the Trustees of Pennsylvania State University shall
    13  make all required payments to the State Employees' Retirement
    14  Fund from the funds appropriated pursuant to this act.
    15     Section 6.  (a)  Pennsylvania State University shall apply
    16  the moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as
    17  are permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
    18  records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
    19  120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
    20  relates, Pennsylvania State University shall file with the
    21  Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the Auditor
    22  General of the Commonwealth a statement setting forth the
    23  amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from moneys
    24  appropriated by this act and other university accounts during
    25  said fiscal year as provided in section 2 used as a basis for
    26  receipt of any appropriation during said fiscal year.
    27     (b)  Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
    28  reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
    29  shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
    30  this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
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     1  not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
     2  and paid by Pennsylvania State University to the State
     3  Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the university
     4  from moneys other than those appropriated by this act, the
     5  Auditor General shall have the right to review only and he shall
     6  file annually with the General Assembly such information
     7  concerning such expenditures as the General Assembly or any of
     8  its committees may require.
     9     Section 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  except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to be
    13  submitted prior to September 1, 1985, shall cover the 12-month
    14  period beginning with the summer term 1984 and shall include:
    15     (1)  The following counts and distributions for each term
    16  during the period:
    17     (i)  The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
    18  full-time, of faculty members employed part-time, of full-time
    19  students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
    20  enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
    21  enrolled in graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled
    22  in undergraduate courses.
    23     (ii)  The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
    24  hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
    25  levels, and of graduate student credit hours divided into three
    26  course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
    27     (iii)  The number of different courses scheduled by level of
    28  instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
    29  scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
    30  two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
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     1  categories of instructional programs of higher education as
     2  defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S.
     3  Department of Education.
     4     (iv)  The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
     5     (2)  For the summer term and the following academic year in
     6  total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
     7  classification of faculty members or other professional
     8  employees by title including: professor, associate professor,
     9  assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
    10  librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
    11  professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
    12  of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
    13  faculty members or other professional employees to be further
    14  subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
    15  following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
    16     (i)  The number of faculty and other professional employees
    17  and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
    18  noninstructional functions.
    19     (ii)  The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
    20  courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
    21  courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
    22  master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
    23     (iii)  The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
    24  individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
    25  to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
    26  lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
    27  doctoral course levels.
    28     (iv)  The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
    29  and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
    30  generated; divided into lower division, upper division,
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     1  master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
     2     (v)  The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
     3  credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
     4  student credit hours generated; divided into lower division,
     5  upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
     6  levels.
     7     (vi)  The total salary paid for instructional functions and
     8  for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
     9  paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
    10  funds and other funds.
    11     (3)  For each term of the period covered for each faculty
    12  member employed full-time identified by two-digit CIP program
    13  category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
    14  average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
    15  stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
    16  contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
    17  preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
    18  service.
    19     Section 8.  In addition to the requirements in section 7
    20  relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
    21  period beginning with the summer term 1984 shall include for all
    22  programs of the university:
    23     (1)  Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
    24  degree and for a master's degree.
    25     (2)  Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
    26  professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1982,
    27  1983, 1984 and estimated 1985.
    28     Section 9.  Pennsylvania State University shall provide such
    29  information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
    30  this act and in such form and manner as the Department of
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     1  Education may prescribe.
     2     Section 10.  Pennsylvania State University shall report its
     3  revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
     4  required under the provisions of this act in accordance with
     5  generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
     6  educational institutions as set forth in "Higher Education
     7  Finance Manual" United States Department of Health, Education
     8  and Welfare (1975) with the exceptions set forth in the
     9  "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for State
    10  Related Universities, Phase I, Fiscal Year 1982-1983." Credits
    11  granted for nontraditional programs such as CLEP, lifelong
    12  learning, etc., including all related costs and revenues thereof
    13  shall be excluded from the function of "Instruction" and
    14  included under "Public Service."
    15     Section 11.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1984 or, if
    16  enacted subsequent to that date, then immediately.










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