Community College Update

A vital resource for community college clients, School Services of California Inc.'s Community College Update delivers timely and useful information on fiscal and policy issues. The Community College Update features in-depth articles on topics such as the State Budget, Proposition 98 allocations, capital outlay, Lottery estimates, bonds, student fee questions, and much more. The Community College Update contains summaries and analyses of all major legislation that has an impact on community colleges.

Volume 22 No. 15
  • By the Way . . . California State Teachers' Retirement System Estimates Loss
  • CSU Decisions Will Impact Prospective Transfer Students
  • Senate Passes Budget Package—Assembly Still in Session
  • Study on Public Postsecondary Productivity is Released
  • It is Not Yet Time to Eat the Seed Corn—An Editorial
  • The IRS Supports Repeal of Cell Phone Reporting Rules
  • Job Losses Continue, But the Pace of the Falloff Slows
  • Ask SSC . . . Could You Clarify What Additional Cuts K-14 Will Need to Make?
  • Survey of Registered Nurses Released
  • By the Way . . . The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Acknowledges Major Investment Losses
  • President Announces Community College Initiative
  • Agreement Reached on State Budget
  • There Is More to the IOUs Than Meets the Eye
  • State Revenues Fall Short of May Revision Projection
  • Ask SSC . . . Does the Governor’s Pension Reform Proposal Impact K-14 Education Employees?
  • By the Way . . . State Controller Releases His Monthly Report Detailing California’s Cash Balance for the Complete 2008-09 Fiscal Year
Volume 22 No. 14
  • State Delays Payments to Schools
  • Financial Aid Application to Be Simplified
  • Assembly Budget Committee Analyzes Governor's Reform Proposals
  • Ask SSC . . . Will We be Able to Do a TRANs?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Time Certifications Needed for ARRA Funds?
  • Pooled Money Investment Board Update
  • By the Way . . . State Superintendent Releases Latest CAHSEE Results
  • California’s Bond Rating Continues to Deteriorate
  • By the Way . . . Insurance Commissioner Rejects Workers’ Compensation Increase
  • By the Way . . . The Pooled Money Investment Board approves interest rate on IOUs
  • What a Difference a Day Makes!
  • Governor Proposes Suspension of Proposition 98
  • Fixing the State Budget
  • 2008-09 Year Ends Without Budget Solution
  • Are IOUs Coming?
  • Assembly Approves Majority Vote Budget Package; Senate Takes Some Actions
  • Ask SSC . . . Will the Legislature Allow Districts to Contract Out Services?
  • By the Way . . . The Governor Issues a Press Release
  • By the Way . . . Health Savings Account Parameters Set for 2010
  • By the Way . . . Legislature Remains at Impasse
Volume 22 No. 13
  • By the Way . . . Senate Confirms Board of Governors Appointments
  • 2008-09 Proposition 98 Reductions Pass Assembly—Hang Up in Senate
  • By the Way . . . Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy Funds Distributed
  • Ask SSC . . . Will Community College Apportionments Be Delayed?
  • Latest Budget Drill Fails—Controller to Issue IOUs on July 2, 2009
  • State Budget Dance Continues
  • PERS Board Adopts Modified Smoothing Method
  • California Unemployment Rate Jumps
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Offer an Early Retirement Incentive While Still Paying for the Last One?
  • By the Way . . . PERS Board Approves Health Premium Rate Increases
  • UCLA Says Recession’s Freefall Is Over
  • Conference Committee Acts on Education Package