SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3572, 3964 PRINTER'S NO. 4187
No. 2493 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY FLEAGLE, APRIL 8, 2002
SENATOR THOMPSON, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JUNE 27, 2002
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), entitled "An act
2 providing for the establishment and operation of Lincoln
3 University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve
4 as a State-related institution 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; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed
10 annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing
11 of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations;
12 providing for public support and capital improvements;
13 authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within
14 the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual
15 report of the operations of Lincoln University," making
16 appropriations for carrying the same into effect; providing
17 for a basis for payments of such appropriations; and
18 providing a method of accounting for the funds appropriated
19 and for certain fiscal information disclosure.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
23 necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Lincoln
24 University, Chester County, for the fiscal year July 1, 2002, to
25 June 30, 2003, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
1 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $11,904,000 <--
2 (1) FOR EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENSES...... $12,153,000 <--
3 (2) To enhance the recruitment and retention
4 of disadvantaged students......................... 337,000
5 (3) For the International Affairs Institute... 305,000
6 (4) For Student Education Instruction <--
7 Assistance........................................ 249,000
8 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
9 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
10 on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.
11 Section 3. (a) Payments to Lincoln University of the
12 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
13 during the fiscal year.
14 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
15 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
16 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
17 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State
18 Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such
19 payment is to be made.
20 Section 4. (a) Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
21 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
22 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
23 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
24 after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
25 Lincoln University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,
26 the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the
27 Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
28 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
29 and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt
30 of any appropriation during said fiscal year.
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1 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
2 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
3 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
4 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
5 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
6 and paid by Lincoln University to the State Treasurer. In
7 respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys other
8 than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall
9 have the right to review only, and he shall file annually with
10 the General Assembly such information concerning said
11 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
12 may require.
13 Section 5. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
14 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
15 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
16 programs. The report, to be submitted prior to September 1,
17 2003, shall cover the 12-month period beginning with the summer
18 term 2002 and shall include:
19 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
20 during the period:
21 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
22 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
23 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
24 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
25 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
26 in undergraduate courses.
27 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
28 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
29 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
30 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
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1 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
2 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
3 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
4 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
5 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
6 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
7 States Department of Education.
8 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
9 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
10 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
11 classification of faculty members or other professional
12 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
13 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
14 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
15 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
16 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching; and each such set of
17 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
18 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time; and
19 the following aggregates for each such subdivided
20 classification:
21 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
22 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
23 noninstructional functions.
24 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
25 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
26 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
27 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
28 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
29 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
30 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
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1 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
2 doctoral course levels.
3 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
4 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
5 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
6 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
7 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
8 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
9 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
10 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
11 levels.
12 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
13 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
14 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
15 funds and other funds.
16 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
17 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
18 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
19 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
20 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
21 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
22 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
23 service.
24 Section 6. In addition to the requirements in section 5
25 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
26 period beginning with the summer term 2002 shall include for all
27 programs of the university:
28 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
29 degree and for a master's degree.
30 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
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1 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1998, 1999,
2 2000, 2001, 2002 and estimated 2003.
3 Section 7. (a) The following words and phrases when used in
4 this section shall have the meanings given to them in this
5 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
6 "Academic and administrative support units." Any
7 organizational entity, as defined in the organizational manual
8 of the university, that reports directly to the president of the
9 university, chief academic officer or vice president, including
10 the office of the president, chief academic officer and vice
11 president.
12 "Expenditures." Disbursements or payments of State
13 appropriations, tuition and fees supporting operational,
14 educational or other general categories of expenses as defined
15 in: the generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed
16 by the National Association of College and University Business
17 Officers, the American Institute of Certified Public
18 Accountants, or by their successors, or by any other recognized
19 authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
20 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
21 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
22 Universities"; and the financial reporting policies and
23 standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and by
24 the Federal Government that apply to Lincoln University.
25 "Revenue." All State appropriations and tuition and fees.
26 (b) Lincoln University shall disclose the following:
27 (1) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the university's
28 academic and administrative support units for the current fiscal
29 year.
30 (2) The actual revenue and expenditures for the prior year
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1 in the same format as the information reported under paragraph
2 (1).
3 (3) For any defined project or program which is the subject
4 of a specific line item appropriation from the General Fund, the
5 university shall disclose the following:
6 (i) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the defined program
7 or project for the current fiscal year.
8 (ii) The actual revenue and expenditures of the defined
9 program or project for the prior year in the same format as the
10 information reported under paragraph (1).
11 (4) The revenue and expenditures of any auxiliary enterprise
12 which is directly funded in whole or in part by tuition or a
13 State appropriation for the current fiscal year.
14 (c) The university shall provide the following additional
15 information for the prior fiscal year for each academic or
16 administrative support unit, for each defined project or program
17 and for any auxiliary enterprise:
18 (1) The number of employees by academic rank and by
19 classification the number of administrators, staff, clerical and
20 technical service employees.
21 (2) Median and mean salary by academic rank and by
22 classification the median and mean salaries of administrators,
23 staff, clerical and technical service employees.
24 (3) Nonsalary compensation as a percentage of salary.
25 Nonsalary compensation shall include, but not be limited to,
26 medical benefits, life insurance benefits, pension benefits,
27 leave benefits, employer Social Security payments and workers'
28 compensation benefits.
29 (4) A statement of the university's retirement policies.
30 (5) A policy statement relating to a reduction of tuition
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1 for employees' family members.
2 (6) A list of purchase of service contracts which exceed
3 $1,000 by category of service, including, but not limited to,
4 legal, instructional, management, accounting, architecture,
5 public relations and maintenance. The list shall contain the
6 name and address of the contractor, a statement of the nature of
7 the duties of the contractor and the academic and administrative
8 support unit for which the duties are performed. If a purchase
9 of service contract exceeds 10% of the total aggregate
10 expenditure of the contract category per academic or
11 administrative support unit, then the contracted amount shall
12 also be listed.
13 (7) A list of purchase of goods contracts which exceed
14 $1,000. The list shall contain the name and address of the
15 contractor and a list of the goods purchased and the academic or
16 administrative support unit for which such goods were
17 contracted. If a purchase of goods contract exceeds 10% of the
18 total aggregate expenditure per academic or administrative
19 support unit, then the contracted amount shall also be listed.
20 (8) A list by academic or administrative support unit in the
21 aggregate, of the expenses of travel, subsistence and lodging,
22 whether provided or reimbursed.
23 (d) The university shall submit a report of the information
24 under subsections (b) and (c) to the Education Committee of the
25 Senate and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
26 Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the
27 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. In
28 addition, the university shall submit a copy of the report to
29 each of the following:
30 (1) Governor's Office.
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1 (2) Secretary of Education.
2 (3) State Treasurer.
3 (4) Auditor General.
4 (5) Joint State Government Commission.
5 Each such institution shall maintain a copy of the report in the
6 institution's library and shall submit a copy to each of the
7 four State regional library resource centers.
8 (e) A university's report required to be submitted under
9 this section shall be submitted within 180 days of the close of
10 the university's current fiscal year.
11 (f) The Joint State Government Commission shall develop a
12 statistical comparison analysis recognizing differences in
13 missions from the reports made under this section. A majority of
14 the members of the commission may request additional
15 documentation, except for salary or identity of individuals,
16 necessary to complete the comparative analysis. The comparison
17 shall be provided to the Education Committee of the Senate and
18 the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Education
19 Committee of the House of Representatives and the Appropriations
20 Committee of the House of Representatives and the four State
21 regional libraries.
22 (g) The university shall make a copy of the minutes of each
23 public meeting of the institution's board of trustees, as well
24 as a copy of the institution's integrated postsecondary
25 education data systems report, available for public inspection
26 in the institution's library.
27 Section 8. The Lincoln University shall provide full,
28 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
29 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
30 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
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1 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
2 House of Representatives.
3 Section 9. Lincoln University shall present and report its
4 financial statements required under the provisions of this act
5 in accordance with: the generally accepted accounting principles
6 as prescribed by the National Association of College and
7 University Business Officers, the American Institute of
8 Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any
9 other recognized authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of
10 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
11 Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related
12 Colleges and Universities"; and the financial reporting policies
13 and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 and by the Federal Government that apply to Lincoln University.
15 Section 10. Lincoln University shall make all articulation
16 agreements with other higher education institutions available on
17 the Internet.
18 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002, or
19 immediately, whichever is later.
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