PRINTER'S NO. 3478
No. 2516 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, MAY 21, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 21, 1990
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, 1990, to 24 June 30, 1991, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown: 25 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $115,411,000
1 (2) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only. 6,510,000 2 (3) For operation of dental clinics in the 3 school of dentistry............................... 1,067,000 4 (4) For operations of the Titusville Campus... 887,000 5 (5) To enhance the recruitment and retention 6 of disadvantaged students......................... 300,000 7 (6) For operation of the Bradford Campus...... 805,000 8 (7) For general maintenance and operation of 9 the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic...... 7,972,000 10 (8) For the teen suicide center at the Western 11 Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.................. 515,000 12 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pittsburgh on 13 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in 14 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal 15 year. 16 Section 3. If necessary, the University of Pittsburgh may 17 transfer funds between the appropriations listed in section 1(1) 18 and (2): Provided, That the aggregate amount transferred into or 19 out of each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not 20 exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated for that 21 purpose. 22 Section 4. (a) Payments to the University of Pittsburgh of 23 the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly 24 during the fiscal year. 25 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with 26 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The 27 estimate of costs shall be submitted by the University of 28 Pittsburgh to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly 29 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date 30 on which such payment is to be made. 19900H2516B3478 - 2 -
1 Section 5. (a) The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the 2 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are 3 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper 4 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 5 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act 6 relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file, with the 7 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor 8 General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each 9 branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and 10 purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by 11 this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year, 12 as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any 13 appropriation during said fiscal year. 14 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be 15 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he 16 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by 17 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes 18 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered 19 and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer. 20 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys 21 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General 22 shall have the right to review only, and he shall file annually 23 with the General Assembly such information concerning such 24 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees 25 may require. 26 Section 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and 27 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and 28 House of Representatives and shall include data for all 29 programs, except for the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, 30 to be submitted prior to September 1, 1991, shall cover the 12- 19900H2516B3478 - 3 -
1 month period beginning with the summer term 1990 and shall 2 include: 3 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term 4 during the period: 5 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed 6 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time 7 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students 8 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students 9 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled 10 in undergraduate courses. 11 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit 12 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course 13 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three 14 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral. 15 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of 16 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction 17 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by 18 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) 19 categories of instructional programs of higher education as 20 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United 21 States Department of Education. 22 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof. 23 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in 24 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a 25 classification of faculty members or other professional 26 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor, 27 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate, 28 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other 29 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type 30 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of 19900H2516B3478 - 4 -
1 faculty members or other professional employees to be further 2 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the 3 following aggregates for each such subdivided classification: 4 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees 5 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and 6 noninstructional functions. 7 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom 8 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom 9 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division, 10 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels. 11 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate 12 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned 13 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into 14 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and 15 doctoral course levels. 16 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours 17 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours 18 generated, divided into lower division, upper division, 19 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels. 20 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student 21 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction 22 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division, 23 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course 24 levels. 25 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and 26 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary 27 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal 28 funds and other funds. 29 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty 30 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program 19900H2516B3478 - 5 -
1 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the 2 average hours per week spent in university-related activities, 3 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom 4 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in 5 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public 6 service. 7 Section 7. In addition to the requirements in section 6 8 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month 9 period beginning with the summer term 1990 shall include for all 10 programs of the university: 11 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate 12 degree and for a master's degree. 13 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first 14 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1988, 1989, 15 1990 and estimated 1991. 16 Section 8. The University of Pittsburgh shall provide such 17 information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 18 this act and in such form and manner as the Department of 19 Education shall prescribe. 20 Section 9. The University of Pittsburgh shall report its 21 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements 22 required under the provisions of this act in accordance with 23 generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for 24 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education 25 Finance Manual, United States Department of Health, Education 26 and Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget 27 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State- 28 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and 29 Universities." 30 Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 1990, or 19900H2516B3478 - 6 -
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