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 21 No. 8
  • April Fool’s Joke Goes Sideways
  • By the Way . . . Assembly Member Portantino Reinstated as Chair of the Higher Education Committee
  • Final ARCC Report
  • Growth Funding
  • Professional Standards/Reminders (First in a Series)
  • Several Student Loan Bills Pending at State and Federal Levels
  • Freezing Step and Column Costs
  • Cost-Cutting Recommendations Released by PHOOL
  • By the Way . . . Evolution Continues
  • We Can See the Economic Dominoes Falling
  • Budget Update
  • State Budget Rumors Swirl—We Caution to Sit Tight
  • State Controller Audits the Expenses of an Event Put on by the California Lottery
  • Professional Standards/Reminders—Budget Assumptions (Second in a Series)
  • STRS Sponsors Bills to Address IRAs, Postretirement Earnings, and Technical Clean-Up
Volume 21 No. 7
  • By the Way . . . Extension of Federal Higher Education Law
  • By the Way . . . Hernandez Reappointed to Board of Governors
  • Perkins Act Funding
  • Mitigating Environmental Impacts of Campus Expansion
  • Welcome Ann Hern to SSC's Staff
  • K-20 Data Systems
  • U.S. Department of Education Awards Funds for Advanced Placement Tests
  • Mercer Report Studies Feasibility of Creating a Statewide Health Care Pool
  • Health Benefits Task Force
  • By the Way . . . National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Releases Digest of Education Statistics: 2007
  • New Report Predicts Continuing Changes in High School Graduate Population
Volume 21 No. 6
  • New Shulock Report on Student Success Released
  • Strategies to Reduce Textbook Costs
  • Report on Board of Governors’ March Meeting
  • GASB Acts to Improve the Reporting of Fund Balance
  • Legislative Analyst Estimates Higher Revenue Limit COLA
  • By the Way . . . Bills at a Glance Online.
  • By the Way . . . Updated Governmental Accounting Research System Available
  • By the Way . . . Revised Personal Income Tax Withholding Schedules Available
  • State Budget Update—Billions of Cuts Left to be Made
  • UCLA Forecasters Say No Recession, But . . .
  • California Not Alone in Struggle to Fund Retiree Benefits
  • Ask SSC . . . What Do We Need to Consider When Offering an Early Retirement Plan?
  • STRS Board Proposes Reduction in State Contribution
  • By the Way . . . Committee Shake Up