PRINTER'S NO. 3701

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2792 Session of 1994


        INTRODUCED BY EVANS, MAY 18, 1994

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 18, 1994

                                  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, 1994, to
    24  June 30, 1995, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
    25     (1)  For educational and general expenses......  $123,511,000


     1     (2)  For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only.     6,239,000
     2     (3)  For operation of dental clinics in the
     3  school of dentistry...............................     1,030,000
     4     (4)  To enhance the recruitment and retention
     5  of disadvantaged students.........................       321,000
     6     (5)  For general maintenance and operation of
     7  the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic......     7,693,000
     8     (6)  For the teen suicide center at the Western
     9  Psychiatric Institute and Clinic..................       497,000
    10     Section 2.  Payments to the University of Pittsburgh on
    11  account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
    12  section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
    13  year.
    14     Section 3.  If necessary, the University of Pittsburgh may
    15  transfer funds between the appropriations listed in section 1(1)
    16  and (2), provided that the aggregate amount transferred into or
    17  out of each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not
    18  exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated for that
    19  purpose.
    20     Section 4.  (a)  Payments to the University of Pittsburgh of
    21  the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
    22  during the fiscal year.
    23     (b)  Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
    24  the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
    25  estimate of costs shall be submitted by the University of
    26  Pittsburgh to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
    27  and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
    28  on which such payment is to be made.
    29     Section 5.  (a)  The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the
    30  moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
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     1  permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
     2  records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
     3  120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
     4  relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file, with the
     5  Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor
     6  General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each
     7  branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and
     8  purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by
     9  this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year,
    10  as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
    11  appropriation during said fiscal year.
    12     (b)  Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
    13  reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
    14  shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
    15  this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
    16  not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
    17  and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
    18  In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
    19  other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
    20  shall have the right to review only, and he shall file annually
    21  with the General Assembly such information concerning such
    22  expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
    23  may require.
    24     Section 6.  A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
    25  the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
    26  House of Representatives and shall include data for all
    27  programs, except for the Doctor of Medicine program. The report,
    28  to be submitted prior to September 1, 1995, shall cover the 12-
    29  month period beginning with the summer term 1994 and shall
    30  include:
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     1     (1)  The following counts and distributions for each term
     2  during the period:
     3     (i)  The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
     4  full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
     5  students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
     6  enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
     7  enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
     8  in undergraduate courses.
     9     (ii)  The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
    10  hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
    11  levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
    12  course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
    13     (iii)  The number of different courses scheduled by level of
    14  instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
    15  scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
    16  two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
    17  categories of instructional programs of higher education as
    18  defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
    19  States Department of Education.
    20     (iv)  The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
    21     (2)  For the summer term and the following academic year in
    22  total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
    23  classification of faculty members or other professional
    24  employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
    25  assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
    26  librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
    27  professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
    28  of assignment: teaching and nonteaching; and each such set of
    29  faculty members or other professional employees to be further
    30  subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time; and
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     1  the following aggregates for each such subdivided
     2  classification:
     3     (i)  The number of faculty and other professional employees
     4  and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
     5  noninstructional functions.
     6     (ii)  The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
     7  courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
     8  courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
     9  master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
    10     (iii)  The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
    11  individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
    12  to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
    13  lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
    14  doctoral course levels.
    15     (iv)  The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
    16  and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
    17  generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
    18  master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
    19     (v)  The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
    20  credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
    21  student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
    22  upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
    23  levels.
    24     (vi)  The total salary paid for instructional functions and
    25  for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
    26  paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
    27  funds and other funds.
    28     (3)  For each term of the period covered for each faculty
    29  member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
    30  category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
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     1  average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
     2  stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
     3  contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
     4  preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
     5  service.
     6     Section 7.  In addition to the requirements in section 6
     7  relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
     8  period beginning with the summer term 1994 shall include for all
     9  programs of the university:
    10     (1)  Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
    11  degree and for a master's degree.
    12     (2)  Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
    13  professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1991, 1992,
    14  1993, 1994 and estimated 1995.
    15     Section 8.  The University of Pittsburgh shall provide full,
    16  complete and accurate information as may be required by the
    17  Department of Education or the majority chairman or the minority
    18  chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
    19  majority chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
    20  Committee of the House of Representatives.
    21     Section 9.  The University of Pittsburgh shall report its
    22  revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
    23  required under the provisions of this act in accordance with
    24  generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
    25  educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
    26  Finance Manual, United States Department of Health, Education
    27  and Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
    28  Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
    29  Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
    30  Universities."
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     1     Section 10.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1994, or
     2  immediately, whichever is later.



















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