PRINTER'S NO. 1819
No. 1551 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY EVANS, JUNE 5, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 5, 1991
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. (a) 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, 1991,
19 to June 30, 1992, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
20 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $200,320,000
1 (2) For medical education..................... 9,413,000
2 (3) For the Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric
3 Institute......................................... 1,375,000
4 (4) For the cost of agricultural research..... 19,268,000
5 (5) For cost of agricultural extension
6 services.......................................... 20,505,000
7 (6) To enhance the recruitment and retention
8 of disadvantaged students......................... 300,000
9 (7) For the Pennsylvania College of
10 Technology........................................ 9,287,000
11 (8) For debt service related to the former
12 Williamsport Area Community College............... 1,614,000
13 (b) The appropriation in subsection (a)(1) shall be
14 contingent upon any 1991-1992 academic tuition increases for
15 undergraduate, Pennsylvania resident students not exceeding 6%
16 or $100, whichever is greater. The final payments totaling no
17 less than 25% of this appropriation is contingent on the
18 Secretary of Education certifying to the General Assembly that
19 the college has fully cooperated in the Department of
20 Education's efforts to fulfill the requirements of the higher
21 education accountability appropriation to the Department of
22 Education.
23 Section 2. Payments to The Pennsylvania State University on
24 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
25 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
26 year.
27 Section 3. If necessary, The Pennsylvania State University
28 may transfer funds among the appropriations listed in section
29 1(1), (3) and (4): Provided, That the aggregate amount
30 transferred into or out of each appropriation during the fiscal
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1 year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated
2 for that purpose.
3 Section 4. (a) Payments to The Pennsylvania State
4 University of the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be
5 made monthly during the fiscal year.
6 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
7 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
8 estimate of costs shall be submitted by The Pennsylvania State
9 University to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
10 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
11 on which such payment is to be made.
12 Section 5. Notwithstanding any provision of the General
13 Appropriation Act of 1991 relating to the payment of retirement
14 expenses, the Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University
15 shall make all required payments to the State Employees'
16 Retirement Fund from the funds appropriated pursuant to this
17 act.
18 Section 6. (a) The Pennsylvania State University shall
19 apply the moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes
20 as are permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain
21 proper records showing the application of such moneys. Not later
22 than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this
23 act relates, The Pennsylvania State University shall file, with
24 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the Auditor
25 General of the Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the
26 amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from moneys
27 appropriated by this act and other university accounts during
28 said fiscal year, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for
29 receipt of any appropriation during said fiscal year.
30 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
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1 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
2 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
3 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
4 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
5 and paid by The Pennsylvania State University to the State
6 Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the university
7 from moneys other than those appropriated by this act, the
8 Auditor General shall have the right to review only, and he
9 shall file annually with the General Assembly such information
10 concerning such expenditures as the General Assembly or any of
11 its committees may require.
12 Section 7. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
13 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
14 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
15 except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to be
16 submitted prior to September 1, 1992, shall cover the 12-month
17 period beginning with the summer term 1991 and shall include:
18 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
19 during the period:
20 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
21 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
22 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
23 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
24 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
25 in undergraduate courses.
26 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
27 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
28 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
29 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
30 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
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1 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
2 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
3 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
4 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
5 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
6 States Department of Education.
7 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
8 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
9 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
10 classification of faculty members or other professional
11 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
12 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
13 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
14 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
15 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching; and each such set of
16 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
17 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time; and
18 the following aggregates for each such subdivided
19 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 1991 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 1989, 1990,
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1 1991 and estimated 1992.
2 Section 9. The Pennsylvania State University shall provide
3 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
4 the Department of Education or the Majority Chairman and the
5 Minority Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
6 and the Majority Chairman and the Minority Chairman of the
7 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
8 Section 10. The Pennsylvania State University shall report
9 its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
10 statements required under the provisions of this act in
11 accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
12 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
13 "Higher Education Finance Manual, United States Department of
14 Health, Education and Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of
15 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
16 Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related
17 Colleges and Universities."
18 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 1991, or
19 immediately, whichever is later.
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