PRINTER'S NO. 1761
No. 1360 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, TILGHMAN, CONTI, THOMPSON, WENGER, BELL, GERLACH, HOLL AND PUNT, MARCH 17, 2000
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 17, 2000
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; and providing for a basis for payments of such 6 appropriations, for a method of accounting for the funds 7 appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure. 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, 2000, 19 to June 30, 2001, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown: 20 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $242,920,000
1 (2) For medical education..................... 4,897,000 2 (3) For children's hospital................... 5,155,000 3 (4) For the Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric 4 Institute......................................... 2,006,000 5 (5) For the cost of agricultural research..... 22,767,000 6 (6) For the cost of agricultural extension 7 services.......................................... 26,761,000 8 (7) To enhance the recruitment and retention 9 of disadvantaged students......................... 355,000 10 (8) For the Pennsylvania College of 11 Technology........................................ 12,558,000 12 (9) For debt service related to the former 13 Williamsport Area Community College............... 1,530,000 14 (10) For program initiatives.................. 3,000,000 15 Section 2. Payments to The Pennsylvania State University on 16 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in 17 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal 18 year. 19 Section 3. If necessary, The Pennsylvania State University 20 may transfer funds among the appropriations listed in section 21 1(1), (3) and (4), provided that the aggregate amount 22 transferred into or out of each appropriation during the fiscal 23 year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated 24 for that purpose. 25 Section 4. (a) Payments to The Pennsylvania State 26 University of the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be 27 made monthly 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 The Pennsylvania State 20000S1360B1761 - 2 -
1 University to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly 2 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date 3 on which such payment is to be made. 4 (c) Payments to The Pennsylvania State University provided 5 in section 1(10) are contingent on the university making all 6 articulation agreements with other higher education institutions 7 available on the Internet. 8 Section 5. (a) The Pennsylvania State University shall 9 apply the moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes 10 as are permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain 11 proper records showing the application of such moneys. Not later 12 than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this 13 act relates, The Pennsylvania State University shall file, with 14 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the Auditor 15 General of the Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the 16 amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from moneys 17 appropriated by this act and other university accounts during 18 said fiscal year, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for 19 receipt of any appropriation during said fiscal year. 20 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be 21 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he 22 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by 23 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes 24 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered 25 and paid by The Pennsylvania State University to the State 26 Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the university 27 from moneys other than those appropriated by this act, the 28 Auditor General shall have the right to review only, and he 29 shall file annually with the General Assembly such information 30 concerning such expenditures as the General Assembly or any of 20000S1360B1761 - 3 -
1 its committees may require. 2 Section 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and 3 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and 4 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs 5 except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to be 6 submitted prior to September 1, 2001, shall cover the 12-month 7 period beginning with the summer term 2000 and shall include: 8 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term 9 during the period: 10 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed 11 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time 12 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students 13 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students 14 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled 15 in undergraduate courses. 16 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit 17 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course 18 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three 19 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral. 20 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of 21 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction 22 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by 23 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) 24 categories of instructional programs of higher education as 25 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United 26 States Department of Education. 27 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof. 28 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in 29 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a 30 classification of faculty members or other professional 20000S1360B1761 - 4 -
1 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor, 2 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate, 3 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other 4 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type 5 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching; and each such set of 6 faculty members or other professional employees to be further 7 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time; and 8 the following aggregates for each such subdivided 9 classification: 10 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees 11 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and 12 noninstructional functions. 13 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom 14 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom 15 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division, 16 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels. 17 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate 18 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned 19 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into 20 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and 21 doctoral course levels. 22 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours 23 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours 24 generated, divided into lower division, upper division, 25 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels. 26 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student 27 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction 28 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division, 29 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course 30 levels. 20000S1360B1761 - 5 -
1 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and 2 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary 3 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal 4 funds and other funds. 5 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty 6 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program 7 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the 8 average hours per week spent in university-related activities, 9 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom 10 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in 11 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public 12 service. 13 Section 7. In addition to the requirements in section 6 14 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month 15 period beginning with the summer term 2000 shall include for all 16 programs of the university: 17 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate 18 degree and for a master's degree. 19 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first 20 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1996, 1997, 21 1998, 1999, 2000 and estimated 2001. 22 Section 8. (a) The following words and phrases when used in 23 this section shall have the meanings given to them in this 24 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 25 "Academic and administrative support units." Any 26 organizational entity, as defined in the organizational manual 27 of the university, that reports directly to the president of the 28 university, chief academic officer or vice president, including 29 the office of the president, chief academic officer and vice 30 president. 20000S1360B1761 - 6 -
1 "Expenditures." Disbursements of State appropriations, 2 tuition and fees supporting educational and general categories 3 as defined in the Higher Education Finance Manual, Department of 4 Health, Education and Welfare, 1975, or disbursement, supported 5 by State appropriations, tuition or fees, to support a defined 6 project or program under subsection (b)(3). 7 "Revenue." All State appropriations and tuition and fees. 8 (b) The Pennsylvania State University shall disclose the 9 following: 10 (1) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the university's 11 academic and administrative support units for the current fiscal 12 year. 13 (2) The actual revenue and expenditures for the prior year 14 in the same format as the information reported under paragraph 15 (1). 16 (3) For any defined project or program which is the subject 17 of a specific line item appropriation from the General Fund, the 18 university shall disclose the following: 19 (i) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the defined program 20 or project for the current fiscal year. 21 (ii) The actual revenue and expenditures of the defined 22 program or project for the prior year in the same format as the 23 information reported under paragraph (1). 24 (4) The revenue and expenditures of any auxiliary enterprise 25 which is directly funded in whole or in part by tuition or a 26 State appropriation for the current fiscal year. 27 (c) The university shall provide the following additional 28 information for the prior fiscal year for each academic or 29 administrative support unit, for each defined project or program 30 and for any auxiliary enterprise: 20000S1360B1761 - 7 -
1 (1) The number of employees by academic rank and by 2 classification the number of administrators, staff, clerical and 3 technical service employees. 4 (2) Median and mean salary by academic rank and by 5 classification the median and mean salaries of administrators, 6 staff, clerical and technical service employees. 7 (3) Nonsalary compensation as a percentage of salary. 8 Nonsalary compensation shall include, but not be limited to, 9 medical benefits, life insurance benefits, pension benefits, 10 leave benefits, employer Social Security payments and workers' 11 compensation benefits. 12 (4) A statement of the university's retirement policies. 13 (5) A policy statement relating to a reduction of tuition 14 for employees' family members. 15 (6) A list of purchase of service contracts which exceed 16 $1,000 by category of service, including, but not limited to, 17 legal, instructional, management, accounting, architecture, 18 public relations and maintenance. The list shall contain the 19 name and address of the contractor, a statement of the nature of 20 the duties of the contractor and the academic and administrative 21 support unit for which the duties are performed. If a purchase 22 of service contract exceeds 10% of the total aggregate 23 expenditure of the contract category per academic or 24 administrative support unit, then the contracted amount shall 25 also be listed. 26 (7) A list of purchase of goods contracts which exceed 27 $1,000. The list shall contain the name and address of the 28 contractor and a list of the goods purchased and the academic or 29 administrative support unit for which such goods were 30 contracted. If a purchase of goods contract exceeds 10% of the 20000S1360B1761 - 8 -
1 total aggregate expenditure per academic or administrative 2 support unit, then the contracted amount shall also be listed. 3 (8) A list by academic or administrative support unit in the 4 aggregate, of the expenses of travel, subsistence and lodging, 5 whether provided or reimbursed. 6 (d) The university shall submit a report of the information 7 under subsections (b) and (c) to the Education Committee of the 8 Senate and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the 9 Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the 10 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. In 11 addition, the university shall submit a copy of the report to 12 each of the following: 13 (1) Governor's Office. 14 (2) Secretary of Education. 15 (3) State Treasurer. 16 (4) Auditor General. 17 (5) Joint State Government Commission. 18 Each such institution shall maintain a copy of the report in the 19 institution's library and shall submit a copy to each of the 20 four State regional library resource centers. 21 (e) A university's report required to be submitted under 22 this section shall be submitted within 180 days of the close of 23 the university's current fiscal year. 24 (f) The Joint State Government Commission shall develop a 25 statistical comparison analysis recognizing differences in 26 missions from the reports made under this section. A majority of 27 the members of the commission may request additional 28 documentation, except for salary or identity of individuals, 29 necessary to complete the comparative analysis. The comparison 30 shall be provided to the Education Committee of the Senate and 20000S1360B1761 - 9 -
1 the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Education 2 Committee of the House of Representatives and the Appropriations 3 Committee of the House of Representatives and the four State 4 regional libraries. 5 (g) The university shall make a copy of the minutes of each 6 public meeting of the institution's board of trustees, as well 7 as a copy of the institution's integrated postsecondary 8 education data systems report, available for public inspection 9 in the institution's library. 10 Section 9. The Pennsylvania State University shall provide 11 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by 12 the Department of Education or the chairman or the minority 13 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the 14 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations 15 Committee of the House of Representatives. 16 Section 10. The Pennsylvania State University shall report 17 its revenues and expenditures and present its financial 18 statements required under the provisions of this act in 19 accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and 20 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the 21 "Higher Education Finance Manual, United States Department of 22 Health, Education and Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of 23 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher 24 Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related 25 Colleges and Universities." 26 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or 27 immediately, whichever is later. B9L84RZ/20000S1360B1761 - 10 -