SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3686 PRINTER'S NO. 4467
No. 2506 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY FEESE, MARCH 14, 2006
SENATOR WENGER, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JUNE 30, 2006
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 and for certain fiscal information
20 disclosure.
21 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
22 hereby enacts as follows:
23 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
24 necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Temple
25 University for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007,
1 for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
2 (1) For education and general expenses........ $161,811,000 <--
3 (1) FOR EDUCATION AND GENERAL EXPENSES........ $169,093,000 <--
4 (2) To enhance the recruitment and retention
5 of disadvantaged students......................... 423,000 <--
6 OF DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS......................... 442,000 <--
7 Section 2. Payments to Temple University on account of the
8 appropriations for all items as provided in section 1 shall be
9 made on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.
10 Section 3. (a) Payment to Temple University of the
11 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
12 during the fiscal year.
13 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
14 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
15 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Temple University to the
16 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State
17 Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such
18 payment is to be made.
19 Section 4. (a) Temple University shall apply the moneys
20 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
21 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
22 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
23 after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
24 Temple University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,
25 the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the
26 Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
27 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
28 and other university accounts during said fiscal year, as
29 provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
30 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 Temple University to the State Treasurer. In respect
7 to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than
8 those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have
9 the right to review only, and he shall file annually with the
10 General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures
11 as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.
12 Section 5. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
13 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
14 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
15 programs. The report, to be submitted prior to September 1,
16 2007, shall cover the 12-month period beginning with the summer
17 term 2006 and shall include:
18 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
19 during the period:
20 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
21 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
22 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
23 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
24 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
25 in undergraduate courses.
26 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
27 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
28 levels, and of graduate student credit hours divided into three
29 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
30 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
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1 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
2 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
3 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
4 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
5 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
6 States Department of Education.
7 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
8 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
9 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
10 classification of faculty members or other professional
11 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
12 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
13 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
14 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
15 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching; and each such set of
16 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
17 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time; and
18 the following aggregates for each such subdivided
19 classification:
20 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
21 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
22 noninstructional functions.
23 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
24 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
25 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
26 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
27 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
28 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
29 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
30 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
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1 doctoral course levels.
2 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
3 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
4 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
5 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
6 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
7 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
8 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
9 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
10 levels.
11 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
12 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
13 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
14 funds and other funds.
15 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
16 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
17 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
18 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
19 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
20 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
21 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
22 service.
23 Section 6. In addition to the requirements in section 5
24 relative to this appropriation, each report covering the 12-
25 month period beginning with the summer term 2006 shall include
26 for all programs of the university:
27 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
28 degree and for a master's degree.
29 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
30 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 2002, 2003,
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1 2004, 2005, 2006 and estimated 2007.
2 Section 7. (a) The following words and phrases when used in
3 this section shall have the meanings given to them in this
4 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
5 "Academic and administrative support units." Any
6 organizational entity, as defined in the organizational manual
7 of the university, that reports directly to the president of the
8 university, chief academic officer or vice president, including
9 the office of the president, chief academic officer and vice
10 president.
11 "Expenditures." Disbursements or payments of State
12 appropriations, tuition and fees supporting operational,
13 educational or other general categories of expenses as defined
14 in: the generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed
15 by the National Association of College and University Business
16 Officers, the American Institute of Certified Public
17 Accountants, or by their successors, or by any other recognized
18 authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
19 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
20 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
21 Universities"; and the financial reporting policies and
22 standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and by
23 the Federal Government that apply to Temple University.
24 "Revenue." All State appropriations and tuition and fees.
25 (b) Temple University shall disclose the following:
26 (1) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the university's
27 academic and administrative support units for the current fiscal
28 year.
29 (2) The actual revenue and expenditures for the prior year
30 in the same format as the information reported under paragraph
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1 (1).
2 (3) For any defined project or program which is the subject
3 of a specific line item appropriation from the General Fund, the
4 university shall disclose the following:
5 (i) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the defined program
6 or project for the current fiscal year.
7 (ii) The actual revenue and expenditures of the defined
8 program or project for the prior year in the same format as the
9 information reported under paragraph (1).
10 (4) The revenue and expenditures of any auxiliary enterprise
11 which is directly funded in whole or in part by tuition or a
12 State appropriation for the current fiscal year.
13 (c) The university shall provide the following additional
14 information for the prior fiscal year for each academic or
15 administrative support unit, for each defined project or program
16 and for any auxiliary enterprise:
17 (1) The number of employees by academic rank and by
18 classification the number of administrators, staff, clerical and
19 technical service employees.
20 (2) Median and mean salary by academic rank and by
21 classification the median and mean salaries of administrators,
22 staff, clerical and technical service employees.
23 (3) Nonsalary compensation as a percentage of salary.
24 Nonsalary compensation shall include, but not be limited to,
25 medical benefits, life insurance benefits, pension benefits,
26 leave benefits, employer Social Security payments and workers'
27 compensation benefits.
28 (4) A statement of the university's retirement policies.
29 (5) A policy statement relating to a reduction of tuition
30 for employees' family members.
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1 (6) A list of purchase of service contracts which exceed
2 $1,000 by category of service, including, but not limited to,
3 legal, instructional, management, accounting, architecture,
4 public relations and maintenance. The list shall contain the
5 name and address of the contractor, a statement of the nature of
6 the duties of the contractor and the academic and administrative
7 support unit for which the duties are performed. If a purchase
8 of service contract exceeds 10% of the total aggregate
9 expenditure of the contract category per academic or
10 administrative support unit, then the contracted amount shall
11 also be listed.
12 (7) A list of purchase of goods contracts which exceed
13 $1,000. The list shall contain the name and address of the
14 contractor and a list of the goods purchased and the academic or
15 administrative support unit for which such goods were
16 contracted. If a purchase of goods contract exceeds 10% of the
17 total aggregate expenditure per academic or administrative
18 support unit, then the contracted amount shall also be listed.
19 (8) A list by academic or administrative support unit in the
20 aggregate, of the expenses of travel, subsistence and lodging,
21 whether provided or reimbursed.
22 (d) The university shall submit a report of the information
23 under subsections (b) and (c) to the Education Committee of the
24 Senate and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
25 Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the
26 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. In
27 addition, the university shall submit a copy of the report to
28 each of the following:
29 (1) Governor's Office.
30 (2) Secretary of Education.
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1 (3) State Treasurer.
2 (4) Auditor General.
3 (5) Joint State Government Commission.
4 Each such institution shall maintain a copy of the report in the
5 institution's library and shall submit a copy to each of the
6 four State regional library resource centers.
7 (e) A university's report required to be submitted under
8 this section shall be submitted within 180 days of the close of
9 the university's current fiscal year.
10 (f) The Joint State Government Commission shall develop a
11 statistical comparison analysis recognizing differences in
12 missions from the reports made under this section. A majority of
13 the members of the commission may request additional
14 documentation, except for salary or identity of individuals,
15 necessary to complete the comparative analysis. The comparison
16 shall be provided to the Education Committee of the Senate and
17 the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Education
18 Committee of the House of Representatives and the Appropriations
19 Committee of the House of Representatives and the four State
20 regional libraries.
21 (g) The university shall make a copy of the minutes of each
22 public meeting of the institution's board of trustees, as well
23 as a copy of the institution's integrated postsecondary
24 education data systems report, available for public inspection
25 in the institution's library.
26 Section 8. Temple University shall provide full, complete
27 and accurate information as may be required by the Department of
28 Education or the chairman or the minority chairman of the
29 Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the
30 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
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1 of Representatives.
2 Section 9. Temple University shall present and report its
3 financial statements required under the provisions of this act
4 in accordance with: the generally accepted accounting principles
5 as prescribed by the National Association of College and
6 University Business Officers, the American Institute of
7 Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any
8 other recognized authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of
9 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
10 Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related
11 Colleges and Universities"; and the financial reporting policies
12 and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 and by the Federal Government that apply to Temple University.
14 Section 10. Temple University shall make all articulation
15 agreements with other higher education institutions available on
16 the Internet.
17 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006, or
18 immediately, whichever is later.
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