PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1724 PRINTER'S NO. 2175
No. 1470 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, MAY 22, 1989
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 26, 1989
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, 1989, to
24 June 30, 1990, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
25 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $110,441,000
1 (2) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only. 6,143,000 <--
2 (3) For operation of dental clinics in the
3 school of dentistry............................... 1,037,000
4 (2) FOR INSTRUCTION - DOCTOR OF MEDICINE ONLY. 6,320,000 <--
5 (3) FOR OPERATION OF DENTAL CLINICS IN THE
6 SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY............................... 1,067,000
7 (4) For operations of the Titusville Campus... 849,000
8 (5) To enhance the recruitment and retention
9 of disadvantaged students......................... 250,000
10 (6) For U-PARC................................ 750,000 <--
11 (6) FOR APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAMS............. 750,000 <--
12 (7) FOR OPERATION OF THE BRADFORD CAMPUS...... 1,170,000
13 (8) FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF
14 THE WESTERN PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE AND CLINIC...... 7,629,000
15 (9) FOR THE TEEN SUICIDE CENTER AT THE WESTERN
16 PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE AND CLINIC.................. 265,000
17 (10) FOR TUITION CHALLENGE GRANTS, PROVIDED
18 THAT THE PAYMENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE
19 CONTINGENT UPON ANY 1989-1990 ACADEMIC YEAR
20 TUITION INCREASES FOR UNDERGRADUATE PENNSYLVANIA
21 RESIDENT STUDENTS NOT EXCEEDING 4%, OR $100,
22 WHICHEVER IS GREATER.............................. 2,124,000
23 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pittsburgh on
24 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
25 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
26 year.
27 Section 3. If necessary, the University of Pittsburgh may
28 transfer funds between the appropriations listed in section 1(1)
29 and (2): Provided, That the aggregate amount transferred into or
30 out of each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not
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1 exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated for that
2 purpose.
3 Section 4. (a) Payments to the University of Pittsburgh of
4 the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
5 during the fiscal year.
6 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
7 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
8 estimate of costs shall be submitted by the University of
9 Pittsburgh to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
10 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
11 on which such payment is to be made.
12 Section 5. (a) The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the
13 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
14 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
15 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
16 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
17 relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file, with the
18 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor
19 General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each
20 branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and
21 purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by
22 this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year,
23 as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
24 appropriation during said fiscal year.
25 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
26 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
27 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
28 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
29 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
30 and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
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1 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
2 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
3 shall have the right to review only, and he shall file annually
4 with the General Assembly such information concerning such
5 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
6 may require.
7 Section 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
8 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
9 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
10 programs, except for the Doctor of Medicine program. The report,
11 to be submitted prior to September 1, 1990, shall cover the 12-
12 month period beginning with the summer term 1989 and shall
13 include:
14 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
15 during the period:
16 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
17 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
18 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
19 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
20 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
21 in undergraduate courses.
22 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
23 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
24 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
25 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
26 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
27 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
28 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
29 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
30 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
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1 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
2 States Department of Education.
3 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
4 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
5 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
6 classification of faculty members or other professional
7 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
8 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
9 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
10 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
11 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
12 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
13 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
14 following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
15 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
16 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
17 noninstructional functions.
18 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
19 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
20 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
21 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
22 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
23 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
24 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
25 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
26 doctoral course levels.
27 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
28 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
29 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
30 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
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1 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
2 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
3 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
4 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
5 levels.
6 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
7 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
8 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
9 funds and other funds.
10 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
11 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
12 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
13 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
14 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
15 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
16 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
17 service.
18 Section 7. In addition to the requirements in section 6
19 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
20 period beginning with the summer term 1989 shall include for all
21 programs of the university:
22 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
23 degree and for a master's degree.
24 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
25 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1987, 1988,
26 1989 and estimated 1990.
27 Section 8. The University of Pittsburgh shall provide such
28 information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
29 this act and in such form and manner as the Department of
30 Education shall prescribe.
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1 Section 9. The University of Pittsburgh shall report its
2 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
3 required under the provisions of this act in accordance with
4 generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
5 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
6 Finance Manual, United States Department of Health, Education
7 and Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
8 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
9 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
10 Universities."
11 Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 1989, or
12 immediately, whichever is later.
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