SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3192 PRINTER'S NO. 3581
No. 2400 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 16, 2000
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, MAY 16, 2000
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 and for certain fiscal
19 information disclosure.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
23 necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
24 University of Pittsburgh for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to
25 June 30, 2001, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
1 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $149,760,000
2 (2) FOR STUDENT LIFE INITIATIVES.............. 500,000 <--
3 (2) (3) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine <--
4 only.............................................. 6,903,000
5 (3) (4) For operation of dental clinics in the <--
6 school of dentistry............................... 1,140,000
7 (4) (5) To enhance the recruitment and <--
8 retention of disadvantaged students............... 355,000
9 (5) (6) For general maintenance and operation <--
10 of the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic... 8,513,000
11 (6) (7) For the teen suicide center at the <--
12 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.......... 549,000
13 (7) (8) For the Graduate School of Public <--
14 Health............................................ 277,000
15 (8) For rural education outreach.............. 803,000 <--
16 (9) For program initiatives................... 3,500,000
17 (9) FOR RURAL EDUCATION OUTREACH.............. 913,000 <--
18 (10) FOR LABORATORIES AND EQUIPMENT........... 2,500,000
19 (11) FOR PROGRAM INITIATIVES.................. 3,500,000
20 (12) FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY............... 2,500,000
21 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pittsburgh on
22 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
23 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
24 year.
25 Section 3. If necessary, the University of Pittsburgh may
26 transfer funds between the appropriations listed in section 1(1)
27 and (2) (3), provided that the aggregate amount transferred into <--
28 or out of each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not
29 exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated for that
30 purpose.
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1 Section 4. (a) Payments to the University of Pittsburgh of
2 the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
3 during the fiscal year.
4 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
5 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
6 estimate of costs shall be submitted by the University of
7 Pittsburgh to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
8 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
9 on which such payment is to be made.
10 (c) Payments to the University of Pittsburgh provided in
11 section 1(9) 1(11) are contingent on the university making all <--
12 articulation agreements with other higher education institutions
13 available on the Internet.
14 Section 5. (a) The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the
15 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
16 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
17 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
18 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
19 relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file, with the
20 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor
21 General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each
22 branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and
23 purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by
24 this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year,
25 as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
26 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 the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
3 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
4 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
5 shall have the right to review only, and he shall file annually
6 with the General Assembly such information concerning such
7 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
8 may require.
9 Section 6. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
10 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
11 House of Representatives and shall include data for all
12 programs, except for the Doctor of Medicine program. The report,
13 to be submitted prior to September 1, 2001, shall cover the 12-
14 month period beginning with the summer term 2000 and shall
15 include:
16 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
17 during the period:
18 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
19 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
20 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
21 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
22 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
23 in undergraduate courses.
24 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
25 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
26 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
27 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
28 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
29 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
30 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
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1 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
2 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
3 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
4 States Department of Education.
5 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
6 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
7 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
8 classification of faculty members or other professional
9 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
10 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
11 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
12 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
13 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching; and each such set of
14 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
15 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time; and
16 the following aggregates for each such subdivided
17 classification:
18 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
19 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
20 noninstructional functions.
21 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
22 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
23 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
24 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
25 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
26 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
27 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
28 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
29 doctoral course levels.
30 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
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1 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
2 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
3 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
4 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
5 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
6 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
7 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
8 levels.
9 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
10 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
11 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
12 funds and other funds.
13 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
14 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
15 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
16 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
17 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
18 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
19 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
20 service.
21 Section 7. In addition to the requirements in section 6
22 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
23 period beginning with the summer term 2000 shall include for all
24 programs of the university:
25 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
26 degree and for a master's degree.
27 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
28 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1996, 1997,
29 1998, 1999, 2000 and estimated 2001.
30 Section 8. (a) The following words and phrases when used in
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1 this section shall have the meanings given to them in this
2 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
3 "Academic and administrative support units." Any
4 organizational entity, as defined in the organizational manual
5 of the university, that reports directly to the president of the
6 university, chief academic officer or vice president, including
7 the office of the president, chief academic officer and vice
8 president.
9 "Expenditures." Disbursements of State appropriations,
10 tuition and fees supporting educational and general categories
11 as defined in the Higher Education Finance Manual, Department of
12 Health, Education and Welfare, 1975, or disbursement, supported
13 by State appropriations, tuition or fees, to support a defined
14 project or program under subsection (b)(3).
15 "Revenue." All State appropriations and tuition and fees.
16 (b) The University of Pittsburgh shall disclose the
17 following:
18 (1) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the university's
19 academic and administrative support units for the current fiscal
20 year.
21 (2) The actual revenue and expenditures for the prior year
22 in the same format as the information reported under paragraph
23 (1).
24 (3) For any defined project or program which is the subject
25 of a specific line item appropriation from the General Fund, the
26 university shall disclose the following:
27 (i) Revenue and expenditure budgets of the defined program
28 or project for the current fiscal year.
29 (ii) The actual revenue and expenditures of the defined
30 program or project for the prior year in the same format as the
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1 information reported under paragraph (1).
2 (4) The revenue and expenditures of any auxiliary enterprise
3 which is directly funded in whole or in part by tuition or a
4 State appropriation for the current fiscal year.
5 (c) The university shall provide the following additional
6 information for the prior fiscal year for each academic or
7 administrative support unit, for each defined project or program
8 and for any auxiliary enterprise:
9 (1) The number of employees by academic rank and by
10 classification the number of administrators, staff, clerical and
11 technical service employees.
12 (2) Median and mean salary by academic rank and by
13 classification the median and mean salaries of administrators,
14 staff, clerical and technical service employees.
15 (3) Nonsalary compensation as a percentage of salary.
16 Nonsalary compensation shall include, but not be limited to,
17 medical benefits, life insurance benefits, pension benefits,
18 leave benefits, employer Social Security payments and workers'
19 compensation benefits.
20 (4) A statement of the university's retirement policies.
21 (5) A policy statement relating to a reduction of tuition
22 for employees' family members.
23 (6) A list of purchase of service contracts which exceed
24 $1,000 by category of service, including, but not limited to,
25 legal, instructional, management, accounting, architecture,
26 public relations and maintenance. The list shall contain the
27 name and address of the contractor, a statement of the nature of
28 the duties of the contractor and the academic and administrative
29 support unit for which the duties are performed. If a purchase
30 of service contract exceeds 10% of the total aggregate
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1 expenditure of the contract category per academic or
2 administrative support unit, then the contracted amount shall
3 also be listed.
4 (7) A list of purchase of goods contracts which exceed
5 $1,000. The list shall contain the name and address of the
6 contractor and a list of the goods purchased and the academic or
7 administrative support unit for which such goods were
8 contracted. If a purchase of goods contract exceeds 10% of the
9 total aggregate expenditure per academic or administrative
10 support unit, then the contracted amount shall also be listed.
11 (8) A list by academic or administrative support unit in the
12 aggregate, of the expenses of travel, subsistence and lodging,
13 whether provided or reimbursed.
14 (d) The university shall submit a report of the information
15 under subsections (b) and (c) to the Education Committee of the
16 Senate and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
17 Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the
18 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. In
19 addition, the university shall submit a copy of the report to
20 each of the following:
21 (1) Governor's Office.
22 (2) Secretary of Education.
23 (3) State Treasurer.
24 (4) Auditor General.
25 (5) Joint State Government Commission.
26 Each such institution shall maintain a copy of the report in the
27 institution's library and shall submit a copy to each of the
28 four State regional library resource centers.
29 (e) A university's report required to be submitted under
30 this section shall be submitted within 180 days of the close of
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1 the university's current fiscal year.
2 (f) The Joint State Government Commission shall develop a
3 statistical comparison analysis recognizing differences in
4 missions from the reports made under this section. A majority of
5 the members of the commission may request additional
6 documentation, except for salary or identity of individuals,
7 necessary to complete the comparative analysis. The comparison
8 shall be provided to the Education Committee of the Senate and
9 the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Education
10 Committee of the House of Representatives and the Appropriations
11 Committee of the House of Representatives and the four State
12 regional libraries.
13 (g) The university shall make a copy of the minutes of each
14 public meeting of the institution's board of trustees, as well
15 as a copy of the institution's integrated postsecondary
16 education data systems report, available for public inspection
17 in the institution's library.
18 Section 9. The University of Pittsburgh shall provide full,
19 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
20 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
21 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
22 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
23 House of Representatives.
24 Section 10. The University of Pittsburgh shall report its
25 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
26 required under the provisions of this act in accordance with
27 generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
28 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
29 Finance Manual, United States Department of Health, Education
30 and Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
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1 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
2 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
3 Universities."
4 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
5 immediately, whichever is later.
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