• Cash Deferrals and Budget Deferrals
  • CalPERS and CalSTRS Employer Contribution Rates
  • Governor Newsom Declares Budget Emergency to Free up BSA Funds
  • 2020–21 State Education Budget Details Emerge
  • By the Way . . . Governor Newsom and Legislative Leaders Reach Deal on 2020–21 State Budget.
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Takes Up Suspense File
  • Governor Newsom Signs Bill Codifying Vote-by-Mail Executive Order
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Book the P-2 Cash Deferral as Revenue This Year?
  • U.S. Supreme Court Upholds DACA in 5-4 Decision
  • Legislature Approves 2020–21 State Budget Act Despite No Deal
  • Ask SSC . . . Does Executive Order N-46-20 Exempt LEAs from Having to Pay Sales Tax on PPE Materials?
  • Public Comment Period Opens for Harassment Prevention Training Regulations
  • Legislature to Adopt Budget on Monday Despite No Deal with the Governor
  • A Conversation with Senator Roth: 2020–21 State Budget—Video
  • PPIC Survey Finds Support for Governor Newsom, but Opposition to May Revision
  • Legislative Committees Vet Split-Roll Initiative
  • An Interview with Moody’s
  • HSA Parameters Announced for 2021
  • Assembly Appropriations Committee Takes Up Suspense File
  • Additional Details of the 2020–21 Legislative Budget Plan
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do We Implement Temporary Interfund Borrowing?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the New Employer UI Rate?
  • Legislature Reaches Agreement on 2020–21 State Budget
  • Senate Rejects Governor’s Education Cuts
  • HEROES Act Faces an Uphill Battle in the Senate
  • UC Board of Regents Votes to Phase out Use of SAT/ACT for Admissions
  • Guest Article: Meeting Cash Flow Challenges in Light of the May Revision
  • Dartboard for 2020–21 May Revision Now Available
  • LAO Offers Initial Reaction to May Revision
  • By the Way . . . CalSTRS Postretirement Earnings Limitation for 2020–21
  • An Overview of the 2020–21 Governor’s May Revision
  • Assembly Higher Education Committee Approves 14 Bills
  • Initial Impressions from Governor Newsom’s 2020–21 May Revision
  • Video: An Interview with Gabe Petek, Legislative Analyst for the State of California
  • Fiscal Reporting Deadlines Delayed by Chancellor’s Executive Order
  • Finding the Low-Hanging Fruit—Part 2 of 3
  • LAO Issues Additional Proposition 98 Recession Details
  • Strategies for Weathering the Storm
  • Ask SSC . . . Will the January 2021 Minimum Wage Increase be Suspended?
  • Form I-9: Temporary Policy for Identification Documents
  • Governor Newsom Makes November General Election Vote by Mail
  • Employees Diagnosed with COVID-19 May Qualify for Workers’ Compensation Benefits
  • LAO Issues New Economic Outlook
  • COVID-19 Decimates State Revenues, Education Funding
  • Assembly Returns with Abbreviated Policy Schedule
  • Chancellor’s Office Suspends FON Penalties
  • Finding the Low-Hanging Fruit—Part 1 of 2
  • Governor Proposes Reopening Schools This Summer
  • Ask SSC . . . Do 2019–20 Perkins Funds Still Need to be Expended by June 30?
  • Statutory COLA Estimated at 2.31%
  • PPIC Survey Asks About November Split Roll Initiative and Local Bonds
  • Flexibility for Perkins V Local Applications
  • Round II: $6.3 Billion in Additional CARES Act Grants for Colleges and Universities
  • Time to Fine-Tune MYPs—Be Prepared
  • A Snapshot on the Way Down: DOF Releases April Finance Bulletin
  • By the Way . . . CalPERS Board Approves 2020–21 Contribution Rates
  • Senate Budget Committee Holds Historic Hearing
  • CalPERS Issues Guidance on Reporting Leaves During COVID-19 Crisis
  • Lessons from the Great Recession
  • How Schools Could Physically Reopen in 2020
  • Ask SSC . . . What’s Happening with Property Taxes?
  • Here We Go Again?—An SSC Editorial
  • By the Way . . . Chancellor’s Office Announces April 22 Virtual Town Hall
  • By the Way . . . FEMA Extends Due Date to Request Public Assistance
  • Assembly to Hold COVID-19 Hearing on April 20
  • It’s Time to Batten Down the Hatches
  • UCLA Economists Downgrade Forecast
  • The Director of the Department of Finance Provides an Interim Fiscal Update to the Legislature
  • Legislature to Hold COVID-19 Hearings Beginning Next Week
  • 2020–21 CalPERS Rate and Updated Out-Year Estimates
  • $6 Billion in Emergency Cash Grants for College Students Impacted by COVID-19
  • Legislative Analyst’s Office Releases Report on Reserve Balances
  • Status of the 2020–21 Statutory Cost-of-Living Adjustment
  • Assembly Budget Committee Chair Details Possible Changes to 2020–21 Assembly Budget Process
  • Legislature Extends Recess to May 4
  • Guest Article: Negotiations in a Time of Crisis
  • New Requirements and Resources for College Admissions and Grading in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Signatures Submitted for Refiled Proposition 13 Split-Roll Initiative
  • By the Way . . . FEMA Tutorials Available
  • The April Phool Is Quarantined
  • Second Quarter Lottery Apportionment for 2019–20
  • Ask SSC . . . How Might the Current Economic Downturn Affect CalSTRS?
  • $2.2 Trillion Federal Stimulus Package for COVID-19 Signed Into Law
  • COVID-19 Effect on California Elections and the Proposition 13 Split-Roll Initiative
  • By the Way . . . DOL Issues Model Notice and FAQs for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  • What’s in Store for the Proposition 98 Minimum Guarantee in the Wake of COVID-19?
  • Managing Human Resources in a Crisis Environment
  • By the Way . . . DOL Issues Resources for HR 6201 Paid Leave Provisions
  • PERB Timelines Remain in Effect Despite Closure of Offices
  • Form I-9 Section 2 Requirements Amid COVID-19
  • Guest Article: COVID-19 Employee Leaves Chart
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the Impact of CalPERS Investment Losses?
  • The College Board Announces Online Courses and At-Home Exam Options for AP Students
  • DOF Planning for Workload Budget in 2020–21
  • By the Way . . . California State Mediation and Conciliation Service Suspended through March 31, 2020―Updated
  • FEMA Now Accepting Requests for Public Assistance Related to COVID-19
  • Impact of COVID-19 on Impending Layoffs
  • Medical Leave Act Revisions and Emergency Paid Sick Leave
  • Governor Provides Additional Brown Act Flexibility for Board Meetings—Updated
  • Attendance Reporting Requirement Extension for Child Development Program Providers
  • By the Way . . . CalPERS Releases Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Impact of COVID-19 to its Members
  • March Finance Bulletin Released
  • By the Way . . . U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Issues Webinar and Fact Sheet for School Leaders
  • We Are “Virtually” Here