PRINTER'S NO. 1768

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1496 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, JUNE 10, 1987

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 10, 1987

                                  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 The
    18  Pennsylvania State University for the fiscal year July 1, 1987,
    19  to June 30, 1988, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
    20     (1)  For educational and general expenses......  $142,763,000

     1     (2)  For cost of research......................    12,478,000
     2     (3)  For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only.     3,970,000
     3     (4)  For cost of agricultural research.........    14,851,000
     4     (5)  For cost of agricultural extension
     5  services..........................................    16,968,000
     6     (6)  For the cost of operating Elizabethtown
     7  Hospital..........................................     4,181,000
     8     (7)  To enhance the recruitment and retention
     9  of disadvantaged students.........................       200,000
    10     Section 2.  Payments to The Pennsylvania State University on
    11  account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
    12  section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
    13  year.
    14     Section 3.  If necessary, The Pennsylvania State University
    15  may transfer funds among the appropriations listed in section
    16  1(1), (2), (4) and (5): Provided, That the aggregate amount
    17  transferred into or out of each appropriation during the fiscal
    18  year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated
    19  for that purpose.
    20     Section 4.  (a)  Payments to The Pennsylvania State
    21  University of the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be
    22  made monthly during the fiscal year.
    23     (b)  Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
    24  the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
    25  estimate of costs shall be submitted by The Pennsylvania State
    26  University to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
    27  and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
    28  on which such payment is to be made.
    29     Section 5.  Notwithstanding any provision of the General
    30  Appropriation Act of 1987 relating to the payment of retirement
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     1  expenses, the Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University
     2  shall make all required payments to the State Employees'
     3  Retirement Fund from the funds appropriated pursuant to this
     4  act.
     5     Section 6.  (a)  The Pennsylvania State University shall
     6  apply the moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes
     7  as are permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain
     8  proper records showing the application of such moneys. Not later
     9  than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this
    10  act relates, The Pennsylvania State University shall file, with
    11  the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the Auditor
    12  General of the Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the
    13  amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from moneys
    14  appropriated by this act and other university accounts during
    15  said fiscal year, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for
    16  receipt of any appropriation during said fiscal year.
    17     (b)  Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
    18  reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
    19  shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
    20  this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
    21  not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
    22  and paid by The Pennsylvania State University to the State
    23  Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the university
    24  from moneys other than those appropriated by this act, the
    25  Auditor General shall have the right to review only, and he
    26  shall file annually with the General Assembly such information
    27  concerning such expenditures as the General Assembly or any of
    28  its committees may require.
    29     Section 7.  A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
    30  the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
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     1  House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
     2  except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to be
     3  submitted prior to September 1, 1988, shall cover the 12-month
     4  period beginning with the summer term 1987 and shall include:
     5     (1)  The following counts and distributions for each term
     6  during the period:
     7     (i)  The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
     8  full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
     9  students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
    10  enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
    11  enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
    12  in undergraduate courses.
    13     (ii)  The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
    14  hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
    15  levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
    16  course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
    17     (iii)  The number of different courses scheduled by level of
    18  instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
    19  scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
    20  two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
    21  categories of instructional programs of higher education as
    22  defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
    23  States Department of Education.
    24     (iv)  The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
    25     (2)  For the summer term and the following academic year in
    26  total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
    27  classification of faculty members or other professional
    28  employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
    29  assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
    30  librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
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     1  professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
     2  of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
     3  faculty members or other professional employees to be further
     4  subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
     5  following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
     6     (i)  The number of faculty and other professional employees
     7  and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
     8  noninstructional functions.
     9     (ii)  The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
    10  courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
    11  courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
    12  master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
    13     (iii)  The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
    14  individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
    15  to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
    16  lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
    17  doctoral course levels.
    18     (iv)  The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
    19  and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
    20  generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
    21  master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
    22     (v)  The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
    23  credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
    24  student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
    25  upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
    26  levels.
    27     (vi)  The total salary paid for instructional functions and
    28  for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
    29  paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
    30  funds and other funds.
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     1     (3)  For each term of the period covered for each faculty
     2  member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
     3  category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
     4  average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
     5  stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
     6  contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
     7  preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
     8  service.
     9     Section 8.  In addition to the requirements in section 7
    10  relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
    11  period beginning with the summer term 1987 shall include for all
    12  programs of the university:
    13     (1)  Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
    14  degree and for a master's degree.
    15     (2)  Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
    16  professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1985, 1986,
    17  1987 and estimated 1988.
    18     Section 9.  The Pennsylvania State University shall provide
    19  such information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
    20  of this act and in such form and manner as the Department of
    21  Education shall prescribe.
    22     Section 10.  The Pennsylvania State University shall report
    23  its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
    24  statements required under the provisions of this act in
    25  accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
    26  procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
    27  "Higher Education Finance Manual, United States Department of
    28  Health, Education and Welfare (1980)" and the "Commonwealth of
    29  Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
    30  Education, State Related Universities and Non State Related
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     1  Colleges and Universities."
     2     Section 11.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1987, or
     3  immediately, whichever is later.


















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