PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1769 PRINTER'S NO. 1891
No. 1497 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, JUNE 10, 1987
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 22, 1987
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, 1987, to
24 June 30, 1988, for the purpose and in the amounts as shown:
25 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $97,835,000
1 (2) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only. 5,599,000
2 (3) For operation of dental clinics in the
3 school of dentistry............................... 945,000
4 (4) For operations of the Titusville Campus... 752,000
5 (5) To enhance the recruitment and retention
6 of disadvantaged students......................... 200,000
7 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pittsburgh on
8 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
9 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
10 year.
11 Section 3. If necessary, the University of Pittsburgh may
12 transfer funds between the appropriations listed in section 1(1)
13 and (2): Provided, That the aggregate amount transferred into or
14 out of each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not
15 exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated for that
16 purpose.
17 Section 4. (a) Payments to the University of Pittsburgh of
18 the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
19 during the fiscal year.
20 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
21 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
22 estimate of costs shall be submitted by the University of
23 Pittsburgh to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
24 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
25 on which such payment is to be made.
26 Section 5. (a) The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the
27 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
28 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
29 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
30 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
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1 relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file, with the
2 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor
3 General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each
4 branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and
5 purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by
6 this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year,
7 as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
8 appropriation during said fiscal year.
9 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
10 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
11 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
12 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
13 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
14 and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
15 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
16 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
17 shall have the right to review only, and he shall file annually
18 with the General Assembly such information concerning such
19 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
20 may require.
21 Section 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
22 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
23 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
24 programs, except for the Doctor of Medicine program. The report,
25 to be submitted prior to September 1, 1988, shall cover the 12-
26 month period beginning with the summer term 1987 and shall
27 include:
28 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
29 during the period:
30 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
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1 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
2 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
3 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
4 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
5 in undergraduate courses.
6 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
7 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
8 levels, and of graduate student credit hours divided into three
9 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
10 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
11 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
12 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
13 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
14 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
15 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
16 States Department of Education.
17 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
18 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
19 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
20 classification of faculty members or other professional
21 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
22 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
23 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
24 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
25 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
26 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
27 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
28 following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
29 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
30 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
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1 noninstructional functions.
2 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
3 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
4 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
5 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
6 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
7 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
8 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
9 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
10 doctoral course levels.
11 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
12 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
13 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
14 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
15 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
16 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
17 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
18 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
19 levels.
20 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
21 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
22 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
23 funds and other funds.
24 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
25 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
26 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
27 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
28 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
29 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
30 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
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1 service.
2 Section 7. In addition to the requirements in section 6
3 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
4 period beginning with the summer term 1987 shall include for all
5 programs of the university:
6 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
7 degree and for a master's degree.
8 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
9 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1985, 1986,
10 1987 and estimated 1988.
11 Section 8. The University of Pittsburgh shall provide such
12 information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
13 this act and in such form and manner as the Department of
14 Education shall prescribe.
15 Section 9. The University of Pittsburgh shall report its
16 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
17 required under the provisions of this act in accordance with
18 generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
19 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
20 Finance Manual, United States Department of Health, Education
21 and Welfare (1980) (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania <--
22 Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher Education,
23 State Related Universities and Non State Related Colleges and
24 Universities."
25 Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 1987, or
26 immediately, whichever is later.
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