PRINTER'S NO. 1821

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1553 Session of 1991


        INTRODUCED BY EVANS, JUNE 5, 1991

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 5, 1991

                                  A SUPPLEMENT

     1  To the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.843, No.355), entitled "An
     2     act providing for the establishment and operation of Temple
     3     University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve
     4     as a State-related university in the higher education system
     5     of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing
     6     for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of
     7     trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees;
     8     providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in
     9     tuition; providing for public support and capital
    10     improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be
    11     fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the
    12     auditing of accounts of expenditures from said
    13     appropriations; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from
    14     taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to
    15     make an annual report of the operations of Temple
    16     University," making appropriations for carrying the same into
    17     effect; providing for a basis for payments of such
    18     appropriations; and providing a method of accounting for the
    19     funds appropriated.

    20     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    21  hereby enacts as follows:
    22     Section 1.  (a)  The following sums, or as much thereof as
    23  may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of
    24  Temple University for the fiscal year July 1, 1991, to June 30,
    25  1992, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
    26     (1)  For educational and general expenses......  $134,243,000

     1     (2)  For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only.     8,606,000
     2     (3)  For operation of dental clinics in the
     3  school of dentistry...............................     1,067,000
     4     (4)  To enhance the recruitment and retention
     5  of disadvantaged students.........................       300,000
     6     (5)  For maxillofacial prosthodontics..........       100,000
     7     (b)  The appropriation in subsection (a)(1) shall be
     8  contingent upon any 1991-1992 academic tuition increases for
     9  undergraduate, Pennsylvania resident students not exceeding 6%
    10  or $100, whichever is greater. The final payment totaling no
    11  less than 25% of this appropriation is contingent on the
    12  Secretary of Education certifying to the General Assembly that
    13  Temple University has fully cooperated in the Department of
    14  Education's efforts to fulfill the requirements of the higher
    15  education accountability appropriation to the Department of
    16  Education.
    17     Section 2.  Payments to Temple University on account of the
    18  appropriations for all items as provided in section 1 shall be
    19  made on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.
    20     Section 3.  If necessary, Temple University may transfer
    21  funds among the appropriations listed in section 1(1) and (2):
    22  Provided, That the aggregate amount transferred into or out of
    23  each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not exceed 5% of
    24  the amount specifically appropriated for that purpose.
    25     Section 4.  (a)  Payment to Temple University of the
    26  appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
    27  during the fiscal year.
    28     (b)  Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
    29  the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
    30  estimate of costs shall be submitted by Temple University to the
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     1  Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State
     2  Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such
     3  payment is to be made.
     4     Section 5.  (a)  Temple University shall apply the moneys
     5  appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
     6  in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
     7  showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
     8  after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
     9  Temple University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,
    10  the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the
    11  Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
    12  of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
    13  and other university accounts during said fiscal year, as
    14  provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
    15  appropriation during said fiscal year.
    16     (b)  Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
    17  reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
    18  shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
    19  this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
    20  not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
    21  and paid by Temple University to the State Treasurer. In respect
    22  to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than
    23  those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have
    24  the right to review only, and he shall file annually with the
    25  General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures
    26  as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.
    27     Section 6.  A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
    28  the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
    29  House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
    30  except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to be
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     1  submitted prior to September 1, 1992, shall cover the 12-month
     2  period beginning with the summer term 1991 and shall 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
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     1  faculty members or other professional employees to be further
     2  subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time; and
     3  the following aggregates for each such subdivided
     4  classification:
     5     (i)  The number of faculty and other professional employees
     6  and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
     7  noninstructional functions.
     8     (ii)  The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
     9  courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
    10  courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
    11  master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
    12     (iii)  The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
    13  individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
    14  to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
    15  lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
    16  doctoral course levels.
    17     (iv)  The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
    18  and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
    19  generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
    20  master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
    21     (v)  The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
    22  credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
    23  student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
    24  upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
    25  levels.
    26     (vi)  The total salary paid for instructional functions and
    27  for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
    28  paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
    29  funds and other funds.
    30     (3)  For each term of the period covered for each faculty
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     1  member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
     2  category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
     3  average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
     4  stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
     5  contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
     6  preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
     7  service.
     8     Section 7.  In addition to the requirements in section 6
     9  relative to this appropriation, each report covering the 12-
    10  month period beginning with the summer term 1991 shall include
    11  for all programs of the university:
    12     (1)  Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
    13  degree and for a master's degree.
    14     (2)  Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
    15  professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1989, 1990,
    16  1991 and estimated 1992.
    17     Section 8.  Temple University shall provide full, complete
    18  and accurate information as may be required by the Department of
    19  Education or the Majority Chairman or the Minority Chairman of
    20  the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the Majority
    21  Chairman or the Minority Chairman of the Appropriations
    22  Committee of the House of Representatives.
    23     Section 9.  Temple University shall report its revenues and
    24  expenditures and present its financial statements required under
    25  the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
    26  accounting principles and procedures for educational
    27  institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
    28  Manual, United States Department of Health, Education and
    29  Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
    30  Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
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     1  Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
     2  Universities."
     3     Section 10.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1991, or
     4  immediately, whichever is later.


















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