PRINTER'S NO. 3202
No. 2447 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, PIEVSKY, OLIVER, BARBER, IRVIS, RICHARDSON,
HARPER AND J. J. JOHNSON, APRIL 8, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 8, 1980
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 appropriation, and providing
18 a method of 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, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Trustees
23 of the College of Lincoln University, Chester County, for the
24 fiscal period July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1981, for the purposes
25 and in the amounts as shown:
1 (1) For educational and general expenses..... $3,602,000
2 (2) For cost of student aid.................. 150,000
3 (3) For the masters program, Eagleville
4 Campus........................................... 250,000
5 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
6 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
7 on the basis of costs during the fiscal period.
8 Section 3. Payments to Lincoln University of the
9 appropriation herein provided shall be made monthly during the
10 fiscal period.
11 Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with the
12 provisions of section 2, on the basis of estimated costs. The
13 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
14 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and to the
15 State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on
16 which such payment is to be made.
17 Section 4. Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
18 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
19 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
20 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
21 after the close of the fiscal period to which this act relates,
22 Lincoln University shall file with the Secretary of Education,
23 the General Assembly and with the Auditor General of the
24 Commonwealth a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
25 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
26 and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt
27 of any appropriation during said fiscal period. Such statement
28 of expenditures and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor
29 General of the Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in
30 respect to the moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and
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1 disallow expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this
2 act. The Auditor General shall also make a determination of
3 costs and make certification as to their correctness. In respect
4 to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than
5 those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have
6 the right to review only and he shall file annually with the
7 General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures
8 as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.
9 Section 5. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
10 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
11 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
12 except the Doctor of Medicine program. Each such report, to be
13 submitted prior to October 1, 1981, shall cover the 12-month
14 period beginning September 1, 1980 and shall include for each
15 term during the period:
16 (1) The following counts and distributions:
17 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members, employed
18 full-time, of faculty members employed part-time, of full-time
19 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
20 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
21 enrolled in graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled
22 in undergraduate courses.
23 (ii) A distribution of faculty members employed part-time by
24 the percentage of full-time employment.
25 (iii) Total numbers of undergraduate student credit hours,
26 divided into lower division and upper division course levels,
27 and of graduate student credit hours divided into three course
28 levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
29 (iv) Number of different courses scheduled by level of
30 instruction and the number of students receiving individual
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1 instruction at each level of instruction.
2 (v) Number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
3 (2) Two classifications: one, a classification of faculty
4 members or other professional employees by title including:
5 professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor,
6 lecturer, research associate, librarian, and academic
7 administrator; faculty members or other professional employees
8 under each title to be subdivided by type of assignment:
9 instructional or noninstructional divided into teaching and
10 nonteaching, and each such set of faculty members or other
11 professional employees to be further subdivided by type of
12 employment: full-time or part-time; and two, a classification of
13 faculty members and other professional employees by school and
14 department to be subdivided by type of assignment: instructional
15 or noninstructional divided into teaching and nonteaching, and
16 each such set of faculty members or other professional employees
17 to be further subdivided by type of employment: full-time or
18 part-time; and the following aggregates for each subdivision in
19 each classification:
20 (i) The number.
21 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
22 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
23 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
24 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
25 (iii) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit
26 hours and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
27 generated; divided into lower division, upper division,
28 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
29 (iv) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
30 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
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1 student credit hours generated; divided into lower division,
2 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
3 levels.
4 (v) Total salary paid.
5 (vi) Total salary paid from college or university funds.
6 (vii) Total salary paid from Federal funds.
7 (viii) Total salary paid from other funds.
8 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
9 member employed full-time identified by school, department and
10 title:
11 An analysis of the average hours per week spent in college or
12 university-related activities, stating specifically hours spent
13 in undergraduate classroom contact and graduate classroom
14 contact, hours spent in preparation, hours spent in research and
15 hours spent in public service.
16 Section 6. In addition to the above requirements relative to
17 this appropriation, each report covering the 12-month period
18 beginning September 1, 1980, shall include for all programs of
19 the university:
20 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
21 degree and for a master's degree.
22 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
23 professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1978,
24 1979, 1980 and estimated 1981.
25 The university shall report its revenues and expenditures and
26 present its financial statements required under the provisions
27 of this act in accordance with "Higher Education Finance Manual"
28 (1975).
29 Section 7. All increases in this appropriation in excess of
30 a 5% increase over the previous nonpreferred appropriation for
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1 this institution shall be used for maintaining current student
2 tuition costs, and only be utilized on funding current existing
3 academic programs or direct student educational related costs.
4 These moneys may not be used to fund any increase in
5 administrative personnel, new programs, or nonacademic
6 expenditures. The administration and governing body of the
7 institution shall produce the financial accounting of these
8 expenditures to the General Assembly by June 30, 1981 for the
9 first nine months of the fiscal year July 1, 1980 to June 30,
10 1981.
11 Section 8. The university shall provide such information and
12 in such form and manner as the Department of Education may
13 prescribe.
14 Section 9. The university shall report its revenues and
15 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
16 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
17 accounting principles and procedures for educational
18 institutions as set forth in "Higher Education Finance Manual"
19 United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1975)
20 with the exceptions set forth in the Commonwealth of
21 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for State-Related Universities,
22 Phase I, Fiscal Year 1980-1981. Credits granted for non-
23 traditional programs such as CLEP, lifelong learning etc.,
24 including all related costs and revenues thereof shall be
25 excluded from the function of "Instruction" and included under
26 "Public Service."
27 Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 1980.
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