HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1113 PRINTER'S NO. 1313
No. 930 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY ARMSTRONG, JUNE 8, 2007
AS AMENDED, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, JULY 14, 2007
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, for a method of accounting
18 for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information
19 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 the
24 University of Pittsburgh for the fiscal year July 1, 2007, to
25 June 30, 2008, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
1 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $164,312,000
2 (2) For student life initiatives.............. 435,000
3 (3) To enhance the recruitment and retention
4 of disadvantaged students......................... 442,000
5 (4) For the teen suicide center at the Western
6 Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.................. 523,000
7 (5) For rural education outreach.............. 2,157,000 <--
8 (5) FOR RURAL EDUCATION OUTREACH.............. 2,457,000 <--
9 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pittsburgh on
10 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
11 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
12 year.
13 Section 3. (a) Payments to the University of Pittsburgh of
14 the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
15 during the fiscal year.
16 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
17 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
18 estimate of costs shall be submitted by the University of
19 Pittsburgh to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
20 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
21 on which such payment is to be made.
22 Section 4. (a) The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the
23 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
24 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
25 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
26 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
27 relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file, with the
28 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor
29 General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each
30 branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and
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1 purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by
2 this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year,
3 as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
4 appropriation during said fiscal year.
5 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
6 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
7 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
8 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
9 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
10 and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
11 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
12 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
13 shall have the right to review only, and he shall file annually
14 with the General Assembly such information concerning such
15 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
16 may require.
17 Section 5. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
18 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
19 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
20 programs. The report, to be submitted prior to September 1,
21 2008, shall cover the 12-month period beginning with the summer
22 term 2007 and shall include:
23 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
24 during the period:
25 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
26 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
27 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
28 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
29 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
30 in undergraduate courses.
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1 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
2 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
3 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
4 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
5 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
6 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
7 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
8 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
9 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
10 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
11 States Department of Education.
12 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
13 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
14 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
15 classification of faculty members or other professional
16 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
17 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
18 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
19 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
20 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching; and each such set of
21 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
22 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time; and
23 the following aggregates for each such subdivided
24 classification:
25 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
26 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
27 noninstructional functions.
28 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
29 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
30 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
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1 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
2 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
3 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
4 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
5 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
6 doctoral course levels.
7 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
8 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
9 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
10 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
11 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
12 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
13 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
14 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
15 levels.
16 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
17 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
18 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
19 funds and other funds.
20 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
21 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
22 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
23 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
24 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
25 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
26 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
27 service.
28 Section 6. In addition to the requirements in section 5
29 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
30 period beginning with the summer term 2007 shall include for all
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1 programs of the university:
2 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
3 degree and for a master's degree.
4 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
5 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 2003, 2004,
6 2005, 2006, 2007 and estimated 2008.
7 Section 7. (a) The following words and phrases when used in
8 this section shall have the meanings given to them in this
9 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
10 "Academic and administrative support units." Any
11 organizational entity, as defined in the organizational manual
12 of the university, that reports directly to the president of the
13 university, chief academic officer or vice president, including
14 the office of the president, chief academic officer and vice
15 president.
16 "Expenditures." Disbursements or payments of State
17 appropriations, tuition and fees supporting operational,
18 educational or other general categories of expenses as defined
19 in: the generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed
20 by the National Association of College and University Business
21 Officers, the American Institute of Certified Public
22 Accountants, or by their successors, or by any other recognized
23 authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
24 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
25 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
26 Universities"; and the financial reporting policies and
27 standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and by
28 the Federal Government that apply to the University of
29 Pittsburgh.
30 "Revenue." All State appropriations and tuition and fees.
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1 (b) The University of Pittsburgh shall disclose the
2 following:
3 (1) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the university's
4 academic and administrative support units for the current fiscal
5 year.
6 (2) The actual revenue and expenditures for the prior year
7 in the same format as the information reported under paragraph
8 (1).
9 (3) For any defined project or program which is the subject
10 of a specific line item appropriation from the General Fund, the
11 university shall disclose the following:
12 (i) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the defined program
13 or project for the current fiscal year.
14 (ii) The actual revenue and expenditures of the defined
15 program or project for the prior year in the same format as the
16 information reported under paragraph (1).
17 (4) The revenue and expenditures of any auxiliary enterprise
18 which is directly funded in whole or in part by tuition or a
19 State appropriation for the current fiscal year.
20 (c) The university shall provide the following additional
21 information for the prior fiscal year for each academic or
22 administrative support unit, for each defined project or program
23 and for any auxiliary enterprise:
24 (1) The number of employees by academic rank and by
25 classification the number of administrators, staff, clerical and
26 technical service employees.
27 (2) Median and mean salary by academic rank and by
28 classification the median and mean salaries of administrators,
29 staff, clerical and technical service employees.
30 (3) Nonsalary compensation as a percentage of salary.
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1 Nonsalary compensation shall include, but not be limited to,
2 medical benefits, life insurance benefits, pension benefits,
3 leave benefits, employer Social Security payments and workers'
4 compensation benefits.
5 (4) A statement of the university's retirement policies.
6 (5) A policy statement relating to a reduction of tuition
7 for employees' family members.
8 (6) A list of purchase of service contracts which exceed
9 $1,000 by category of service, including, but not limited to,
10 legal, instructional, management, accounting, architecture,
11 public relations and maintenance. The list shall contain the
12 name and address of the contractor, a statement of the nature of
13 the duties of the contractor and the academic and administrative
14 support unit for which the duties are performed. If a purchase
15 of service contract exceeds 10% of the total aggregate
16 expenditure of the contract category per academic or
17 administrative support unit, then the contracted amount shall
18 also be listed.
19 (7) A list of purchase of goods contracts which exceed
20 $1,000. The list shall contain the name and address of the
21 contractor and a list of the goods purchased and the academic or
22 administrative support unit for which such goods were
23 contracted. If a purchase of goods contract exceeds 10% of the
24 total aggregate expenditure per academic or administrative
25 support unit, then the contracted amount shall also be listed.
26 (8) A list by academic or administrative support unit in the
27 aggregate, of the expenses of travel, subsistence and lodging,
28 whether provided or reimbursed.
29 (d) The university shall submit a report of the information
30 under subsections (b) and (c) to the Education Committee of the
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1 Senate and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
2 Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the
3 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. In
4 addition, the university shall submit a copy of the report to
5 each of the following:
6 (1) Governor's Office.
7 (2) Secretary of Education.
8 (3) State Treasurer.
9 (4) Auditor General.
10 (5) Joint State Government Commission.
11 Each such institution shall maintain a copy of the report in the
12 institution's library and shall submit a copy to each of the
13 four State regional library resource centers.
14 (e) A university's report required to be submitted under
15 this section shall be submitted within 180 days of the close of
16 the university's current fiscal year.
17 (f) The Joint State Government Commission shall develop a
18 statistical comparison analysis recognizing differences in
19 missions from the reports made under this section. A majority of
20 the members of the commission may request additional
21 documentation, except for salary or identity of individuals,
22 necessary to complete the comparative analysis. The comparison
23 shall be provided to the Education Committee of the Senate and
24 the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Education
25 Committee of the House of Representatives and the Appropriations
26 Committee of the House of Representatives and the four State
27 regional libraries.
28 (g) The university shall make a copy of the minutes of each
29 public meeting of the institution's board of trustees, as well
30 as a copy of the institution's integrated postsecondary
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1 education data systems report, available for public inspection
2 in the institution's library.
3 Section 8. The University of Pittsburgh shall provide full,
4 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
5 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
6 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
7 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
8 House of Representatives.
9 Section 9. The University of Pittsburgh shall present and
10 report its financial statements required under the provisions of
11 this act in accordance with: the generally accepted accounting
12 principles as prescribed by the National Association of College
13 and University Business Officers, the American Institute of
14 Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any
15 other recognized authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of
16 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
17 Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related
18 Colleges and Universities"; and the financial reporting policies
19 and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 and by the Federal Government that apply to the University of
21 Pittsburgh.
22 Section 10. The University of Pittsburgh shall make all
23 articulation agreements with other higher education institutions
24 available on the Internet.
25 Section 11. No funds appropriated by this act may be used
26 for costs of personnel and operations of the environmental law
27 clinic.
28 Section 12. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007, or
29 immediately, whichever is later.
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