PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2788, 2961, 3260 PRINTER'S NO. 3393
No. 2055 Session of 1984
Report of the Committee of Conference
To the Members of the House of Representatives and Senate:
We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of
the House of Representatives and Senate for the purpose of
considering House Bill No. 2055, entitled:
"A Supplement to the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176),
entitled 'An act providing for the establishment and operation
of Lincoln University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth
to serve as a State-related institution in the higher education
system of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name;
providing for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of
trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees; * * *;
authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within
the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual
report of the operations of Lincoln University,' making
appropriations for carrying the same into effect; providing for
a basis for payments of such appropriations; and providing a
method of accounting for the funds appropriated,"
respectfully submit the following bill as our report:
MAX PIEVSKY
JAMES J. MANDERINO
RICHARD A. McCLATCHY, JR.
(Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)
RICHARD A. TILGHMAN
JOHN STAUFFER
ROBERT J. MELLOW
(Committee on the part of the Senate.)
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 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 appropriated to the Trustees of Lincoln
23 University, Chester County, for the fiscal year July 1, 1984 to
24 June 30, 1985 for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
25 (1) For educational and general expenses and
26 for participation by a representative of the
27 institution, appointed by the chief executive
28 officer thereof, as a member of the Pennsylvania
29 Academic Commission on Technological Development,
30 a commission for inter-institutional communication
31 regarding technological innovation and development
32 and for dissemination of information on such
33 matters to the Pennsylvania business community and
34 others who may use such information for new
35 business and job development in Pennsylvania, such
36 commission to be composed of representatives of
37 every State-owned or State-related educational or
1 scientific institution receiving General Fund
2 assistance from the Commonwealth.................. $5,316,000
3 (2) For the master's program in Human
4 Services.......................................... 203,000
5 (3) To enhance the recruitment and retention
6 of disadvantaged students......................... 200,000
7 (4) To enhance the opportunity for equal
8 education at Lincoln University in accordance with
9 the plan submitted by the Department of Education
10 and approved by the United States Office of Civil
11 Rights and the appropriation to be managed and
12 supervised by the Department of Education......... 1,000,000
13 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
14 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
15 on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.
16 Section 3. (a) Payments to Lincoln University of the
17 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
18 during 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 Lincoln University to
22 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State
23 Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such
24 payment is to be made.
25 Section 4. (a) Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
26 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
27 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
28 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
29 after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
30 Lincoln University shall file with the Secretary of Education,
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1 the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the Commonwealth
2 a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes of all
3 expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act and
4 costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of
5 any appropriation during said fiscal year.
6 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
7 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
8 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
9 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
10 not permitted by this act, and to cause such sums to be
11 recovered and paid by Lincoln University to the State Treasurer.
12 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
13 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
14 shall have the right to review only and he shall file annually
15 with the General Assembly such information concerning said
16 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
17 may require.
18 Section 5. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
19 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
20 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
21 programs. The report, to be submitted prior to September 1,
22 1985, shall cover the 12-month period beginning with the summer
23 term 1984 and shall include:
24 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
25 during the period:
26 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
27 full-time, of faculty members employed part-time, of full-time
28 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
29 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
30 enrolled in graduate courses, and of part-time students enrolled
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1 in undergraduate courses.
2 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
3 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
4 levels, and of graduate student credit hours divided into three
5 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
6 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
7 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
8 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
9 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
10 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
11 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
12 States Department of Education.
13 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
14 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
15 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
16 classification of faculty members or other professional
17 employees by title including: professor, associate professor,
18 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
19 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
20 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
21 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
22 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
23 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
24 following aggregates for each such subdivided 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 1984 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 1982,
6 1983, 1984 and estimated 1985.
7 Section 7. Lincoln University shall provide such information
8 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and
9 in such form and manner as the Department of Education may
10 prescribe.
11 Section 8. Lincoln University shall report its revenues and
12 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
13 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
14 accounting principles and procedures for educational
15 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
16 Manual" United States Department of Health, Education and
17 Welfare (1975) with the exceptions set forth in the
18 "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for State-
19 Related Universities, Phase I, Fiscal Year 1984-1985." Credits
20 granted for nontraditional programs such as CLEP, lifelong
21 learning, etc., including all related costs and revenues thereof
22 shall be excluded from the function of "Instruction" and
23 included under "Public Service."
24 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 1984 or, if
25 enacted subsequent to that date, then immediately.
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