Volume 17 No. 6
  • Attorney General to Issue Opinion on the use of District Funds for Bond Measures - 3/26/04
  • March in March 2004 Doesn’t Have the Same Punch as the March in 2003
  • Senate Budget Subcommittee #1 Takes First Action on Community College Budget
  • By the Way . . . Repeal of SB 2 Qualifies for November 4, 2004, Ballot
  • By the Way . . . Simitian Remains Chair of Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education
  • Ask SSC . . . Could We Do a “Salary Deferral” In Lieu of a Salary Increase?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is the Board’s Goal of Maintaining a 9% to 10% Reserve Level Reasonable?
  • State’s Employment Picture Brightens
  • Questions and Answers on Early Retirement Plans
  • Legislative Analyst Anticipates Higher COLA for 2004-05
Volume 17 No. 5
  • By the Way . . . Chancellor Elected to California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
  • By the Way . . . Finance Director Gets Approval of Rules Committee
  • By the Way . . . March in March
  • Proposition 55 Passes in a Close One! And March 2 Big Day for Local College Bonds
  • Community Colleges May be Authorized to Establish K-12 Charter Schools
  • Legislature May Approve Changes to the “Field Act”
  • Legislation Introduced to Repeal “Contracting-Out” Prohibitions
  • Post-Election 2004-05 Dartboard
  • Election Recap
  • AB 1207 State Teachers’ Retirement System Cost Savings Analysis
  • Cities Sue the State to Block Deficit Bond Repayment Scheme
  • Schwarzenegger’s Star Continues to Brighten
Volume 17 No. 4
  • By the Way . . . Property Tax Revenues and Student Enrollment Fees Are Down
  • Chancellor Mark Drummond Outlines His Priorities
  • Collective Bargaining Management Advisory
  • They Just Will Not Stop—More Than 4,000 Bills Introduced
  • Legislative Analyst’s Office Reviews the Community College Budget as Proposed by the Governor and Makes Recommendations
  • By the Way . . . Attorney General Addresses Conflict of Interest Provisions
  • Ask SSC . . . Where is the GASB Pronouncement on Post-Retirement Benefits?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Charge the Cost of an Early Retirement Incentive to the Categorical Program?
  • “Yellow Book” Revised
  • Positive Poll on Proposition 57
  • February Cash Flow Makes Up for January Sales Tax Shortfall
  • Bad News for Governor’s Budget—U.S. High Court Rejects California’s Corporation Tax Provision
  • Legislative Analyst Forecasts $1 Billion Less Revenue than the Administration