PRINTER'S NO. 2788
No. 2055 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 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 appropriations; and
18 providing 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, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Lincoln
23 University, Chester County, for the fiscal year July 1, 1984 to
24 June 30, 1985 for the purposes 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.................. $4,816,000
15 (2) For the master's program in Human
16 Services.......................................... 203,000
17 (3) To enhance the recruitment and retention
18 of disadvantaged students......................... 200,000
19 (4) To enhance the opportunity for equal
20 education at Lincoln University in accordance with
21 the plan submitted by the Department of Education
22 and approved by the United States Office of Civil
23 Rights and the appropriation to be managed and
24 supervised by the Department of Education......... 1,000,000
25 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
26 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
27 on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.
28 Section 3. (a) Payments to Lincoln University of the
29 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
30 during the fiscal year.
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1 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
2 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
3 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
4 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State
5 Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such
6 payment is to be made.
7 Section 4. (a) Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
8 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
9 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
10 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
11 after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
12 Lincoln University shall file with the Secretary of Education,
13 the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the Commonwealth
14 a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes of all
15 expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act and
16 costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of
17 any appropriation during said fiscal year.
18 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
19 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
20 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
21 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
22 not permitted by this act, and to cause such sums to be
23 recovered and paid by Lincoln University to the State Treasurer.
24 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
25 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
26 shall have the right to review only and he shall file annually
27 with the General Assembly such information concerning said
28 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
29 may require.
30 Section 5. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
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1 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
2 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
3 programs. The report, to be submitted prior to September 1,
4 1985, shall cover the 12-month period beginning with the summer
5 term 1984 and shall include:
6 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
7 during the period:
8 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
9 full-time, of faculty members employed part-time, of full-time
10 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
11 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
12 enrolled in graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled
13 in undergraduate courses.
14 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
15 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
16 levels, and of graduate student credit hours divided into three
17 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
18 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
19 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
20 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
21 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
22 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
23 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
24 States Department of Education.
25 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
26 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
27 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
28 classification of faculty members or other professional
29 employees by title including: professor, associate professor,
30 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
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1 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
2 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
3 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
4 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
5 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
6 following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
7 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
8 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
9 noninstructional functions.
10 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
11 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
12 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
13 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
14 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
15 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
16 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
17 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
18 doctoral course levels.
19 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
20 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
21 generated; divided into lower division, upper division,
22 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
23 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
24 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
25 student credit hours generated; divided into lower division,
26 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
27 levels.
28 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
29 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
30 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
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1 funds and other funds.
2 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
3 member employed full-time identified by two-digit CIP program
4 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
5 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
6 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
7 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
8 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
9 service.
10 Section 6. In addition to the requirements in section 5
11 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
12 period beginning with the summer term 1983 shall include for all
13 programs of the university:
14 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
15 degree and for a master's degree.
16 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
17 professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1982,
18 1983, 1984 and estimated 1985.
19 Section 7. Lincoln University shall provide such information
20 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and
21 in such form and manner as the Department of Education may
22 prescribe.
23 Section 8. Lincoln University shall report its revenues and
24 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
25 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
26 accounting principles and procedures for educational
27 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
28 Manual" United States Department of Health, Education and
29 Welfare (1975) with the exceptions set forth in the
30 "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for State-
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1 Related Universities, Phase I, Fiscal Year 1984-1985." Credits
2 granted for nontraditional programs such as CLEP, lifelong
3 learning, etc., including all related costs and revenues thereof
4 shall be excluded from the function of "Instruction" and
5 included under "Public Service."
6 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 1984 or, if
7 enacted subsequent to that date, then immediately.
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