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 17 No. 11
  • By the Way . . . CPEC Releases University Eligibility Study
  • By the Way . . . Union Opposes House Higher Education Bill
  • Post-Retirement Employment Clarified
  • Legislators Work to Meet Deadlines for the Passage of Bills
  • Legislature Moves Toward On-Time Budget by Streamlining the Budget Adoption Process
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Handle Personnel Discussions as Part of Collective Bargaining Closed Sessions?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Should Districts Allocate Retiree Benefit Costs?
  • Tax Recapture Case (aka Bezaire/Pool)
  • Is the CalSTRS Pension Fund Going Broke?
  • CalPERS Flexes its Economic Muscle toward Hospitals
  • PERS Board Reduces Employer Contribution Rate for 2004-05
  • Workers’ Comp—So Who Keeps the Savings?
  • Polls Indicate Approval of Governor’s Budget Proposal; Public Still Thinks Taxes Will Have to Be Raised
  • Equalization Aid Now a Conference Committee Issue
Volume 17 No. 10
  • By the Way . . . Community College Dartboard
  • Legislative Analyst’s Office Overview of Governor Schwarzenegger’s 2004-05 May Revision
  • Governor’s $103 Billion Budget Maintains the “Deal”
  • The Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees Take Action on the Community College Budget
  • “Good News” Governor’s May Revision Increases Funding for Community Colleges
  • Ask SSC . . . Should We Renew Our Contract for Mandated Cost Claim Preparation?
  • Ask SSC . . . What are the Restrictions on Returning to Work for an Employee Who Works for Both a K-12 School District and a Community College?
  • Dental Self Insurance—the SSC Experience
  • Major Mandate Reforms or Marginal Changes?
  • May Revise Anticipates Additional Resources for 2004-05
Volume 17 No. 9
  • By the Way . . . Can God Solve Community College Equalization?
  • By the Way . . . Community Colleges Meeting its Partnership for Excellence Goals
  • Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Four More Members to the Board of Governors
  • Update on Retirement Benefit Legislation
  • Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education Finance Expresses Issues With Governor’s Dual Enrollment Proposals
  • Board of Governors Adopts State Budget Priorities
  • Ask SSC . . . Does State or Federal Wage Prevail for School Employees?
  • Ask SSC . . . Will STRS Allow a Short-Term Payoff for the “+2” Retirement Option?
  • Legislature Considering Major Reforms in Mandate Process
  • Bill to Restore School Agencies’ Ability to “Contract Out” Fails Passage
  • Early Guesstimate Has Prop 98 Guarantee Rising
  • Statutory COLA Index Rises, But Will It Be Funded?
  • Big Gains in April Tax Collections