PRINTER'S NO. 2786
No. 2053 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, APRIL 25, 1984
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 25, 1984
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp. Sess., P.L.87, No.3),
2 entitled "An act providing for the establishment and
3 operation of the University of Pittsburgh as an
4 instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-
5 related university in the higher education system of the
6 Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the
7 composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and
8 the power and duties of such trustees; authorizing
9 appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General
10 Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of
11 expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public
12 support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of
13 bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring
14 the chancellor to make an annual report of the operations of
15 the University of Pittsburgh," making appropriations for
16 carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for
17 payments of such 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 the
23 University of Pittsburgh for the fiscal year July 1, 1984 to
24 June 30, 1985 for the purpose and in the amounts as shown:
25 (1) For educational and general expenses and
1 for participation by a representative of the
2 institution, appointed by the chief executive
3 officer thereof, as a member of the Pennsylvania
4 Academic Commission on Technological Development,
5 a commission for inter-institutional communication
6 regarding technological innovation and development
7 and for dissemination of information on such
8 matters to the Pennsylvania business community and
9 others who may use such information for new
10 business and job development in Pennsylvania, such
11 commission to be composed of representatives of
12 every State-owned or State-related educational or
13 scientific institution receiving General Fund
14 assistance from the Commonwealth.................. $80,719,000
15 (2) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only. 4,768,000
16 (3) For operation of dental clinics in the
17 school of dentistry............................... 805,000
18 (4) For operations of the Titusville Campus... 640,000
19 (5) To enhance the recruitment and retention
20 of disadvantaged students......................... 200,000
21 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pittsburgh 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, the University of Pittsburgh may
26 transfer funds between the appropriations listed in section 1(1)
27 and (2): Provided, That the aggregate amount transferred into or
28 out of each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not
29 exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated for that
30 purpose.
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1 Section 4. (a) Payments to the University of Pittsburgh 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 the University of
7 Pittsburgh 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. (a) The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the
11 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
12 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
13 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
14 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
15 relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file with the
16 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor
17 General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each
18 branch campus a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
19 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
20 and other university accounts during said fiscal year, as
21 provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
22 appropriation during said fiscal year.
23 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
24 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
25 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
26 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
27 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
28 and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
29 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
30 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
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1 shall have the right to review only and he shall file annually
2 with the General Assembly such information concerning such
3 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
4 may require.
5 Section 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
6 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
7 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
8 programs, except for the Doctor of Medicine program. The report,
9 to be submitted prior to September 1, 1985, shall cover the 12-
10 month period beginning with the summer term 1984 and shall
11 include:
12 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
13 during the period:
14 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
15 full-time, of faculty members employed part-time, of full-time
16 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
17 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
18 enrolled in graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled
19 in undergraduate courses.
20 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
21 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
22 levels, and of graduate student credit hours divided into three
23 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
24 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
25 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
26 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
27 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
28 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
29 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
30 States Department of Education.
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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 CIP program category, a
4 classification of faculty members or other professional
5 employees by title including: professor, associate professor,
6 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
7 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
8 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
9 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
10 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
11 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
12 following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
13 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
14 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
15 noninstructional functions.
16 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
17 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
18 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
19 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
20 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
21 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
22 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
23 lower division, upper division, master's first professional and
24 doctoral course levels.
25 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
26 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
27 generated; divided into lower division, upper division,
28 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
29 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
30 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
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1 student credit hours generated; divided into lower division,
2 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
3 levels.
4 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
5 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
6 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
7 funds and other funds.
8 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
9 member employed full-time identified by two-digit CIP program
10 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
11 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
12 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
13 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
14 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
15 service.
16 Section 7. In addition to the requirements in section 6
17 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
18 period beginning with the summer term 1984 shall include for all
19 programs of the university:
20 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
21 degree and for a master's degree.
22 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
23 professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1982,
24 1983, 1984 and estimated 1985.
25 Section 8. The University of Pittsburgh shall provide such
26 information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
27 this act and in such form and manner as the Department of
28 Education may prescribe.
29 Section 9. The University of Pittsburgh shall report its
30 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
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1 required under the provisions of this act in accordance with
2 generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
3 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
4 Finance Manual" United States Department of Health, Education
5 and Welfare (1975) with the exceptions set forth in the
6 "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for State
7 Related Universities, Phase I, Fiscal Year 1984-1985." Credits
8 granted for nontraditional programs such as CLEP, lifelong
9 learning, etc., including all related costs and revenues thereof
10 shall be excluded from the function of "Instruction" and
11 included under "Public Service."
12 Section 10. In addition to the requirements of section 6,
13 the University of Pittsburgh shall, by March 1, 1985, submit to
14 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
15 the House of Representatives a breakdown of the funds budgeted
16 for this fiscal year for the main campus and each branch campus
17 including expenditures budgeted from this act and expenditures
18 budgeted from moneys other than those appropriated by this act.
19 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 1984 or, if
20 enacted subsequent to that date, then immediately.
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