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 16 No. 9
  • By the Way . . . Californians Expect Tax Increase
  • What’s Happening to Key Bills Affecting Community Colleges?
  • Concurrent Enrollment “Audit” Update
  • Apportionment Deferrals: To Accrue or Not to Accrue?
  • Legislators to Review the Community College Funding Mechanism
  • The “Budget Accountability Act” Could Mean No More Late State Budgets
  • Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 Reviews Community College Budget
  • Golden Handshake Bills Continue to Move through Legislature
  • By the Way . . . California’s Bond Debt has High Cost
  • Ask SSC . . . What is the Fiscal Impact of AB 626 Regarding the Use of 15-Passenger Vans
  • Ask SSC . . . Who are Confidential Employees?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do We Need to Make a STRS Deduction from a One-Time “Off-the-Schedule” Salary Payment?
  • Low-Interest Loans Now Available for Energy Efficiency Projects
  • Assembly Republicans Come to the Budget Table—Release Alternative Budget Proposal
  • 2002-03 Proposition 98 Funding Being Cut Again through Deferrals and Reappropriations
Volume 16 No. 8
  • By the Way . . . Governor Appoints Three Board of Governors Members
  • Ask SSC . . . How is Funding Affected by Declining Enrollment?
  • Differential Fee to Be Dropped From Proposed Student Fee Bill
  • It’s Spring—The Legislature Takes s Week Off as Budget Impasse Continues
  • By the Way . . . Republican Party Opposes Statewide School Bond
  • Ask SSC . . . Will the 2003-04 PERS Rate Be 9.5%?
  • AB 1051 Clarifies Additional Charges from Public Utility Companies
  • STRS Retirement Gets Boost from Assembly Bills
Volume 16 No. 7
  • By the Way . . . Community Colleges Gain Support
  • Court Ruling Could Hasten State Budget Process
  • Community Colleges Receive Grant to Create High Schools
  • Education Committes Take Action on Community College Bills
  • No Action on State Budget Until May Revise
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Offer Classified Employees a Reduced Workload with Full Retention of Health and Welfare Benefits?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Reduce Bargaining Unit Pay without Reducing the Number of Days Worked?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Would Be the Impact of a 7% Across-the-Board Cut to Education?