PRINTER'S NO. 2240
No. 1750 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY WENGER AND TILGHMAN, MAY 22, 1992
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 22, 1992
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, 1992, to
24 June 30, 1993, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
25 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $9,305,000
1 (2) To enhance the recruitment and retention
2 of disadvantaged students......................... 300,000
3 (3) For the International Affairs Institute... 289,000
4 Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
5 appropriations for the items provided in section 1 shall be made
6 on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.
7 Section 3. (a) Payments to Lincoln University of the
8 appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
9 during the fiscal year.
10 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
11 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
12 estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
13 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State
14 Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such
15 payment is to be made.
16 Section 4. (a) Lincoln University shall apply the moneys
17 appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted
18 in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
19 showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days
20 after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
21 Lincoln University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,
22 the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the
23 Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
24 of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act
25 and costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt
26 of any appropriation during said fiscal year.
27 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
28 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
29 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
30 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
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1 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
2 and paid by Lincoln University to the State Treasurer. In
3 respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys other
4 than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall
5 have the right to review only, and he shall file annually with
6 the General Assembly such information concerning said
7 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
8 may require.
9 Section 5. The report covering the 12-month period beginning
10 with the summer term 1992 shall include for all programs of the
11 university:
12 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
13 degree and for a master's degree.
14 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
15 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1990, 1991,
16 1992 and estimated 1993.
17 Section 6. The Lincoln University shall provide full,
18 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
19 Department of Education or the Majority Chairman or the Minority
20 Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
21 Majority Chairman or the Minority Chairman of the Appropriations
22 Committee of the House of Representatives.
23 Section 7. Lincoln University shall report its revenues and
24 expenditures and present its financial statements required under
25 the provisions of this act in accordance with generally accepted
26 accounting principles and procedures for educational
27 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
28 Manual, United States Department of Health, Education and
29 Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
30 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
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1 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
2 Universities."
3 Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 1992, or
4 immediately, whichever is later.
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