§ 20-2010-A. Power and duties of institution presidents
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 1, 2020
Effective: July 1, 2020
24 P.S. § 20-2010-A
§ 20-2010-A. Power and duties of institution presidents
The president of each institution shall be appointed by the board. The president shall be the chief executive officer of that institution. The president shall have the right to attend all meetings of the council of that institution and shall have the right to speak on all matters before the council but not to vote. Subject to the stated authority of the board and the council, each president shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) Except insofar as such matters are governed by collective bargaining agreements entered pursuant to the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L. 563, No. 195),1 known as the “Public Employe Relations Act,” and subject to the policies of the board, to appoint such employes, professional and noninstructional, graduate assistants, etc. as necessary, to fix the salaries and salary schedules.
(9) To determine from appropriations, tuition fees, charges and other fees and other available funds with the exception of student activity fees, the expenditures to be made for instructional, extracurricular, administrative, custodial and maintenance services, equipment and supplies, and for furniture for instructional, extracurricular, administrative and service facilities and to reallot such sums among the various expenditure classifications as may be necessary for the effective management of the institution: Provided, That no such reallotment shall exceed the total allocations of the institution.
(10.1) Within the limitations of the operating budget and other available funds in accordance with the procedures established by the board to negotiate and award all contracts for equipment, services and supplies in excess of a cost of a base amount of eighteen thousand five hundred dollars ($18,500), subject to adjustment under section 2003-A.1(c.3),2 on a competitive bid basis. Contracts to purchase instructional, educational, extracurricular, technical, administrative, custodial and maintenance equipment and supplies not in excess of a cost of a base amount of eighteen thousand five hundred dollars ($18,500), subject to adjustment under section 2003-A.1(c.3), may be procured, without competitive bidding, except that such items shall not be bought in series to avoid the dollar ceiling.
(11) To cooperate with and accept grants and assistance from Federal and State agencies, local governments or other political subdivisions, foundations, corporations, or any other source for any of the lawful purposes of the institution. Each institution shall have the power to bank and use such grants as directed by the grantor and subject to the limitations of this act. All moneys received from sources authorized by this section are hereby appropriated to each of the several institutions granted such moneys. All such moneys shall be subject to audit by the Auditor General.
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1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XX-A, § 2010-A, added 1982, Nov. 12, P.L. 660, No. 188, § 2, effective July 1, 1983. Amended 1988, June 23, P.L. 457, No. 77, § 6, imd. effective; 1998, April 27, P.L. 270, No. 46, § 14, effective July 1, 1998; 2011, Nov. 3, P.L. 400, No. 97, § 4.1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2012]; 2012, June 30, P.L. 684, No. 82, § 25, effective July 1, 2012; 2020, July 1, P.L. 558, No. 50, § 7, imd. effective.
24 P.S. § 20-2010-A, PA ST 24 P.S. § 20-2010-A
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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