SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1723, 2174 PRINTER'S NO. 2304
No. 1469 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, MAY 22, 1989
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JUNE 29, 1989
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, 1989,
19 to June 30, 1990, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
1 (1) For educational and general expenses...... 161,158,000
2 (2) For cost of research...................... 14,085,000
3 (3) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only. 4,481,000
4 (4) For cost of agricultural research......... 18,765,000
5 (5) For cost of agricultural extension
6 services.......................................... 19,154,000
7 (6) For the cost of operating Elizabethtown
8 Hospital.......................................... 4,720,000
9 (7) To enhance the recruitment and retention
10 of disadvantaged students......................... 250,000
11 (8) For the Biotech/Engineering Program....... 750,000
12 (9) For the Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric
13 Institute......................................... 1,500,000
14 (10) For the operation of the successor to the
15 Williamsport Area Community College, including
16 Social Security payments.......................... 8,887,000
17 (11) For Williamsport Area Community College
18 debt service...................................... 3,009,000
19 (12) For Tuition Challenge Grants, provided
20 that the payment of this appropriation shall be
21 contingent upon any 1989-1990 academic year
22 tuition increases for undergraduate Pennsylvania
23 resident students not exceeding 4%, or $100,
24 whichever is greater.............................. 3,209,000 <--
25 WHICHEVER IS GREATER.............................. 3,313,000 <--
26 Section 2. Payments to The Pennsylvania State University on
27 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
28 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
29 year.
30 Section 3. If necessary, The Pennsylvania State University
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1 may transfer funds among the appropriations listed in section
2 1(1), (2), (4) and (5): Provided, That the aggregate amount
3 transferred into or out of each appropriation during the fiscal
4 year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated
5 for that purpose.
6 Section 4. (a) Payments to The Pennsylvania State
7 University of the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be
8 made monthly during the fiscal year.
9 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
10 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
11 estimate of costs shall be submitted by The Pennsylvania State
12 University to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
13 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
14 on which such payment is to be made.
15 Section 5. Notwithstanding any provision of the General
16 Appropriation Act of 1989 relating to the payment of retirement
17 expenses, the Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University
18 shall make all required payments to the State Employees'
19 Retirement Fund from the funds appropriated pursuant to this
20 act.
21 Section 6. (a) The Pennsylvania State University shall
22 apply the moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes
23 as are permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain
24 proper records showing the application of such moneys. Not later
25 than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this
26 act relates, The Pennsylvania State University shall file, with
27 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the Auditor
28 General of the Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the
29 amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from moneys
30 appropriated by this act and other university accounts during
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1 said fiscal year, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for
2 receipt of any appropriation during said fiscal year.
3 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
4 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
5 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
6 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
7 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
8 and paid by The Pennsylvania State University to the State
9 Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the university
10 from moneys other than those appropriated by this act, the
11 Auditor General shall have the right to review only, and he
12 shall file annually with the General Assembly such information
13 concerning such expenditures as the General Assembly or any of
14 its committees may require.
15 Section 7. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
16 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
17 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
18 except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to be
19 submitted prior to September 1, 1990, shall cover the 12-month
20 period beginning with the summer term 1989 and shall include:
21 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
22 during the period:
23 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
24 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
25 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
26 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
27 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
28 in undergraduate courses.
29 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
30 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
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1 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
2 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
3 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
4 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
5 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
6 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
7 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
8 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
9 States Department of Education.
10 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
11 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
12 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
13 classification of faculty members or other professional
14 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
15 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
16 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
17 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
18 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
19 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
20 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
21 following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
22 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
23 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
24 noninstructional functions.
25 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
26 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
27 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
28 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
29 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
30 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
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1 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
2 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
3 doctoral course levels.
4 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
5 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
6 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
7 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
8 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
9 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
10 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
11 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
12 levels.
13 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
14 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
15 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
16 funds and other funds.
17 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
18 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
19 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
20 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
21 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
22 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
23 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
24 service.
25 Section 8. In addition to the requirements in section 7
26 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
27 period beginning with the summer term 1989 shall include for all
28 programs of the university:
29 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
30 degree and for a master's degree.
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1 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
2 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1987, 1988,
3 1989 and estimated 1990.
4 Section 9. The Pennsylvania State University shall provide
5 such information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
6 of this act and in such form and manner as the Department of
7 Education shall prescribe.
8 Section 10. The Pennsylvania State University shall report
9 its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
10 statements required under the provisions of this act in
11 accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
12 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
13 "Higher Education Finance Manual, United States Department of
14 Health, Education and Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of
15 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
16 Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related
17 Colleges and Universities."
18 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 1989, or
19 immediately, whichever is later.
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