PRINTER'S NO. 3516
No. 2509 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, JUNE 3, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 3, 1986
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of April 1, 1863 (P.L.213, No.227), entitled "An act
2 to accept the grant of Public Lands, by the United States, to
3 the several states, for the endowment of Agricultural
4 Colleges," making appropriations for carrying the same into
5 effect; providing for a basis for payments of such
6 appropriations; and providing a method of accounting for the
7 funds appropriated.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. In order to carry into effect the act of
11 Congress, approved July 2, 1862, granting public land to the
12 several states for educational purposes, and subsequent acts of
13 Congress related thereto, and the act of the General Assembly of
14 Pennsylvania accepting the provisions and conditions of said
15 acts of Congress and pledging the faith of the State to carry
16 the same into effect, the following sums, or as much thereof as
17 may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of The
18 Pennsylvania State University for the fiscal year July 1, 1986,
19 to June 30, 1987, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
20 (1) For educational and general expenses and
1 for participation by a representative of the
2 institution, appointed by the chief executive
3 officer thereof, as a member of the Pennsylvania
4 Academic Commission on Technological Development,
5 a commission for interinstitutional communication
6 regarding technological innovation and development
7 and for dissemination of information on such
8 matters to the Pennsylvania business community and
9 others who may use such information for new
10 business and job development in Pennsylvania, such
11 commission to be composed of representatives of
12 every State-owned or State-related educational or
13 scientific institution receiving General Fund
14 assistance from the Commonwealth.................. $135,965,000
15 (2) For cost of research...................... 11,884,000
16 (3) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only. 3,781,000
17 (4) For cost of agricultural research......... 14,144,000
18 (5) For cost of agricultural extension
19 services.......................................... 11,968,000
20 (6) For the cost of operating Elizabethtown
21 Hospital.......................................... 3,982,000
22 (7) To enhance recruitment and retention of
23 disadvantaged students............................ 200,000
24 Section 2. Payments to The Pennsylvania State University on
25 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
26 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
27 year.
28 Section 3. If necessary, The Pennsylvania State University
29 may transfer funds among the appropriations listed in section
30 1(1), (2), (4) and (5): Provided, That the aggregate amount
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1 transferred into or out of each appropriation during the fiscal
2 year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated
3 for that purpose.
4 Section 4. (a) Payments to The Pennsylvania State
5 University of the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be
6 made monthly during the fiscal year.
7 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
8 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
9 estimate of costs shall be submitted by The Pennsylvania State
10 University to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
11 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
12 on which such payment is to be made.
13 Section 5. Notwithstanding any provision of the General
14 Appropriation Act of 1986 relating to the payment of retirement
15 expenses, the Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University
16 shall make all required payments to the State Employees'
17 Retirement Fund from the funds appropriated pursuant to this
18 act.
19 Section 6. (a) The Pennsylvania State University shall
20 apply the moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes
21 as are permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain
22 proper records showing the application of such moneys. Not later
23 than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this
24 act relates, The Pennsylvania State University shall file with
25 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the Auditor
26 General of the Commonwealth a statement setting forth the
27 amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from moneys
28 appropriated by this act and other university accounts during
29 said fiscal year, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for
30 receipt of any 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 The Pennsylvania State University to the State
7 Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the university
8 from moneys other than those appropriated by this act, the
9 Auditor General shall have the right to review only and he shall
10 file annually with the General Assembly such information
11 concerning such expenditures as the General Assembly or any of
12 its committees may require.
13 Section 7. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
14 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
15 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
16 except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to be
17 submitted prior to September 1, 1987, shall cover the 12-month
18 period beginning with the summer term 1986 and shall include:
19 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
20 during the period:
21 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
22 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
23 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
24 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
25 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
26 in undergraduate courses.
27 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
28 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
29 levels, and of graduate student credit hours divided into three
30 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
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1 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
2 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
3 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
4 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
5 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
6 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
7 States Department of Education.
8 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
9 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
10 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
11 classification of faculty members or other professional
12 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
13 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
14 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
15 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
16 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
17 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
18 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
19 following aggregates for each such subdivided 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 8. In addition to the requirements in section 7
24 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
25 period beginning with the summer term 1986 shall include for all
26 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 1984, 1985,
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1 1986 and estimated 1987.
2 Section 9. The Pennsylvania State University shall provide
3 such information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
4 of this act and in such form and manner as the Department of
5 Education shall prescribe.
6 Section 10. The Pennsylvania State University shall report
7 its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
8 statements required under the provisions of this act in
9 accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
10 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
11 "Higher Education Finance Manual," United States Department of
12 Health, Education and Welfare (1975), with the exceptions set
13 forth in the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions
14 for State Related Universities, Phase I, Fiscal Year 1986-1987."
15 Credits granted for nontraditional programs such as CLEP,
16 lifelong learning, etc., including all related costs and
17 revenues thereof shall be excluded from the function of
18 "Instruction" and included under "Public Service."
19 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 1986, or
20 immediately, whichever is later.
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