PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1723 PRINTER'S NO. 2174
No. 1469 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, MAY 22, 1989
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 26, 1989
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, 1989,
19 to June 30, 1990, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
1 (1) For educational and general expenses...... 161,158,000
2 (2) For cost of research...................... 13,691,000 <--
3 (3) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only. 4,356,000
4 (4) For cost of agricultural research......... 16,295,000
5 (5) For cost of agricultural extension
6 services.......................................... 18,617,000
7 (6) For the cost of operating Elizabethtown
8 Hospital.......................................... 4,587,000
9 (2) FOR COST OF RESEARCH...................... 14,085,000 <--
10 (3) FOR INSTRUCTION - DOCTOR OF MEDICINE ONLY. 4,481,000
11 (4) FOR COST OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH......... 18,765,000
12 (5) FOR COST OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
13 SERVICES.......................................... 19,154,000
14 (6) FOR THE COST OF OPERATING ELIZABETHTOWN
15 HOSPITAL.......................................... 4,720,000
16 (7) To enhance the recruitment and retention
17 of disadvantaged students......................... 250,000
18 (8) For the Biotech/Engineering Program....... 750,000
19 (9) For the Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric <--
20 Institute......................................... 1,375,000
21 (9) FOR THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA PSYCHIATRIC <--
22 INSTITUTE......................................... 1,500,000
23 (10) FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SUCCESSOR TO THE
24 WILLIAMSPORT AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, INCLUDING
25 SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS.......................... 8,887,000
26 (11) FOR WILLIAMSPORT AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
27 DEBT SERVICE...................................... 3,009,000
28 (12) FOR TUITION CHALLENGE GRANTS, PROVIDED
29 THAT THE PAYMENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE
30 CONTINGENT UPON ANY 1989-1990 ACADEMIC YEAR
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1 TUITION INCREASES FOR UNDERGRADUATE PENNSYLVANIA
2 RESIDENT STUDENTS NOT EXCEEDING 4%, OR $100,
3 WHICHEVER IS GREATER.............................. 3,209,000
4 Section 2. Payments to The Pennsylvania State University on
5 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
6 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
7 year.
8 Section 3. If necessary, The Pennsylvania State University
9 may transfer funds among the appropriations listed in section
10 1(1), (2), (4) and (5): Provided, That the aggregate amount
11 transferred into or out of each appropriation during the fiscal
12 year shall not exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated
13 for that purpose.
14 Section 4. (a) Payments to The Pennsylvania State
15 University of the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be
16 made monthly during the fiscal year.
17 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
18 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
19 estimate of costs shall be submitted by The Pennsylvania State
20 University to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
21 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
22 on which such payment is to be made.
23 Section 5. Notwithstanding any provision of the General
24 Appropriation Act of 1989 relating to the payment of retirement
25 expenses, the Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University
26 shall make all required payments to the State Employees'
27 Retirement Fund from the funds appropriated pursuant to this
28 act.
29 Section 6. (a) The Pennsylvania State University shall
30 apply the moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes
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1 as are permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain
2 proper records showing the application of such moneys. Not later
3 than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this
4 act relates, The Pennsylvania State University shall file, with
5 the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the Auditor
6 General of the Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the
7 amounts and purposes of all expenditures made from moneys
8 appropriated by this act and other university accounts during
9 said fiscal year, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for
10 receipt of any appropriation during said fiscal year.
11 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
12 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
13 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
14 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
15 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
16 and paid by The Pennsylvania State University to the State
17 Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the university
18 from moneys other than those appropriated by this act, the
19 Auditor General shall have the right to review only, and he
20 shall file annually with the General Assembly such information
21 concerning such expenditures as the General Assembly or any of
22 its committees may require.
23 Section 7. A report shall be submitted to the Governor and
24 the Appropriations and Education Committees of the Senate and
25 House of Representatives and shall include data for all programs
26 except the Doctor of Medicine program. The report, to be
27 submitted prior to September 1, 1990, shall cover the 12-month
28 period beginning with the summer term 1989 and shall include:
29 (1) The following counts and distributions for each term
30 during the period:
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1 (i) The definitions and numbers of faculty members employed
2 full time, of faculty members employed part time, of full-time
3 students enrolled in graduate courses, of full-time students
4 enrolled in undergraduate courses, of part-time students
5 enrolled in graduate courses and of part-time students enrolled
6 in undergraduate courses.
7 (ii) The total numbers of undergraduate student credit
8 hours, divided into lower division and upper division course
9 levels, and of graduate student credit hours, divided into three
10 course levels--master's, first professional and doctoral.
11 (iii) The number of different courses scheduled by level of
12 instruction and the number of sections of individual instruction
13 scheduled by level of instruction, each further subdivided by
14 two-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
15 categories of instructional programs of higher education as
16 defined by the National Center for Education Statistics, United
17 States Department of Education.
18 (iv) The number of terms scheduled and the dates thereof.
19 (2) For the summer term and the following academic year in
20 total and for each two-digit CIP program category, a
21 classification of faculty members or other professional
22 employees by title, including: professor, associate professor,
23 assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, research associate,
24 librarian and academic administrator; faculty members or other
25 professional employees under each title to be subdivided by type
26 of assignment: teaching and nonteaching, and each such set of
27 faculty members or other professional employees to be further
28 subdivided by type of employment: full-time or part-time and the
29 following aggregates for each such subdivided classification:
30 (i) The number of faculty and other professional employees
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1 and their full-time equivalence in instructional and
2 noninstructional functions.
3 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate classroom
4 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate classroom
5 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper division,
6 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
7 (iii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
8 individual instruction courses and the sum of credits assigned
9 to graduate individual instruction courses taught, divided into
10 lower division, upper division, master's, first professional and
11 doctoral course levels.
12 (iv) The sum of undergraduate classroom student credit hours
13 and the sum of graduate classroom student credit hours
14 generated, divided into lower division, upper division,
15 master's, first professional and doctoral course levels.
16 (v) The sum of undergraduate individual instruction student
17 credit hours and the sum of graduate individual instruction
18 student credit hours generated, divided into lower division,
19 upper division, master's, first professional and doctoral course
20 levels.
21 (vi) The total salary paid for instructional functions and
22 for noninstructional functions and the amount of this salary
23 paid for each of these functions from university funds, Federal
24 funds and other funds.
25 (3) For each term of the period covered for each faculty
26 member employed full time identified by two-digit CIP program
27 category and title, the report shall contain an analysis of the
28 average hours per week spent in university-related activities,
29 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate classroom
30 contact and graduate classroom contact, hours spent in
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1 preparation, hours spent in research and hours spent in public
2 service.
3 Section 8. In addition to the requirements in section 7
4 relative to this appropriation, the report covering the 12-month
5 period beginning with the summer term 1989 shall include for all
6 programs of the university:
7 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
8 degree and for a master's degree.
9 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
10 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1987, 1988,
11 1989 and estimated 1990.
12 Section 9. The Pennsylvania State University shall provide
13 such information as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
14 of this act and in such form and manner as the Department of
15 Education shall prescribe.
16 Section 10. The Pennsylvania State University shall report
17 its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
18 statements required under the provisions of this act in
19 accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
20 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
21 "Higher Education Finance Manual, United States Department of
22 Health, Education and Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of
23 Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
24 Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related
25 Colleges and Universities."
26 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 1989, or
27 immediately, whichever is later.
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