PRINTER'S NO. 1925
No. 1446 Session of 1982
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, MAY 14, 1982
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 14, 1982
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 and providing a method of
18 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, are hereby specifically appropriated to the Trustees
23 of the University of Pittsburgh for the fiscal year July 1, 1982
24 to June 30, 1983, for the purpose and in the amounts as shown:
25 (1) For educational and general expenses..... $69,691,000
1 (2) For cost of student aid.................. 2,960,000
2 (3) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only 4,285,000
3 (4) For operation of dental clinics in the
4 school of dentistry...................... 724,000
5 (5) For operations of the Titusville Campus.. 575,000
6 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pittsburgh on
7 account of the appropriations for all items, as provided in
8 section 1, shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
9 year.
10 Section 3. If necessary the University of Pittsburgh may
11 transfer funds between the appropriations listed in section 1,
12 clauses (1) and (2): Provided, That the aggregate amount
13 transferred into or out of each appropriation during the fiscal
14 year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated
15 for that purpose.
16 Section 4. (a) Payments to the University of Pittsburgh of
17 the appropriations herein provided shall be made monthly during
18 the fiscal year.
19 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
20 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
21 estimate of costs shall be submitted by the University of
22 Pittsburgh to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
23 and to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth not later than 30 days
24 prior to the date on which such payment is to be made.
25 Section 5. (a) The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the
26 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
27 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
28 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
29 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
30 relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file with the
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1 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor
2 General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each
3 branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and
4 purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by
5 this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year,
6 as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
7 appropriation during said fiscal year.
8 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
9 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
10 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
11 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
12 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
13 and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the Treasurer of the
14 Commonwealth. In respect to expenditures made by the university
15 from moneys other than those appropriated by this act, the
16 Auditor General shall have the right to review only and he shall
17 file annually with the General Assembly such information
18 concerning such expenditures as the General Assembly or any of
19 its committees may require.
20 Section 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
21 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
22 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
23 programs, except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to
24 be submitted prior to September 1, 1983, shall cover the 12-
25 month period beginning with the summer term 1982 and shall
26 include:
27 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
28 during the period:
29 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
30 full-time, of faculty members employed part-time, of full-time
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1 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
2 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
3 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
4 in undergraduate courses.
5 (ii) Total numbers of undergraduate student credit hours,
6 divided into lower division and upper division course levels,
7 and of graduate student credit hours divided into three course
8 levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
9 (iii) Number of different courses scheduled by level of
10 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
11 at each level of instruction.
12 (iv) Number of terms scheduled and dates thereof.
13 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
14 total and for each two-digit Hegis category of instructional
15 programs in higher education as defined by the National Center
16 for Education Statistics, United States Department of Education,
17 a classification of faculty members or other professional
18 employees by title including: professor, associate professor,
19 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
20 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
21 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
22 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
23 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
24 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
25 following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
26 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
27 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
28 noninstructional functions.
29 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
30 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
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1 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
2 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
3 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
4 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
5 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
6 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
7 doctoral course levels.
8 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
9 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
10 generated; divided into lower division, upper division,
11 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
12 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
13 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
14 student credit hours generated; divided into lower division,
15 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
16 levels.
17 (vi) Total salary paid for instructional functions and for
18 noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary paid
19 for each of these functions from college or university funds,
20 Federal funds and other funds.
21 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
22 member employed full-time identified by two-digit Hegis category
23 and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the average
24 hours per week spent in college or university-related
25 activities, stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate
26 classroom contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
27 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
28 service.
29 Section 7. (a) In addition to the above requirements
30 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
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1 period beginning with the summer term 1982, shall include for
2 all programs of the university:
3 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
4 degree and for a master's degree.
5 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
6 professional degrees, and doctoral degrees awarded in 1980,
7 1981, 1982 and estimated 1983.
8 (b) The university shall report its revenues and
9 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
10 the provisions of this act in accordance with "Higher Education
11 Finance Manual" (1975).
12 Section 8. The university shall provide such information as
13 may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and in
14 such form and manner as the Department of Education may
15 prescribe.
16 Section 9. The university shall report its revenues and
17 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
18 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
19 accounting principles and procedures for educational
20 institutions as set forth in "Higher Education Finance Manual"
21 United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1975)
22 with the exceptions set forth in the Commonwealth of
23 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for State Related Universities,
24 Phase I, Fiscal Year 1982-1983. Credits granted for
25 nontraditional programs such as CLEP, lifelong learning etc.,
26 including all related costs and revenues thereof shall be
27 excluded from the function of "Instruction" and included under
28 "Public Service."
29 Section 10. In addition to the requirements of section 6,
30 the University of Pittsburgh shall, by March 1, 1983, submit to
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1 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
2 the House of Representatives a breakdown of the funds budgeted
3 for this fiscal year for the main campus and each branch campus
4 including expenditures budgeted from this act and expenditures
5 budgeted from moneys other than those appropriated by this act.
6 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 1982.
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