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.
Community College Update
- 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
Volume 40 No. 6
- Top Legislative Issues for 2020—March 20, 2020
- By the Way . . . Suspension of Work-Hour Limitations and 180-Day Break-in-Service Requirement for CalPERS Retired Annuitants
- LAO Issues Cautious Fiscal Outlook Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak
- CDE and CHHS Issue Guidance on Child Development Programs
- COVID-19 Emergency Legislation Has Parochial Impact on Community Colleges
- California State Legislature Recesses Until April 13, 2020
- UCLA Economists Say We Are Officially in a Recession
- Legislature Passes Emergency Legislation Related to COVID-19
- BOG Approves Emergency Regulation
- UCLA Economists Foretell Rough Seas Ahead
- Governor Eases Public Meeting Requirements for Local Boards
- COVID-19 and School Agency Impact: An Editorial
- Rules for Working After Retirement
- By the Way . . . State Treasurer Sells Facilities Bonds
- Baccalaureate Pilot Program Bills Clarified
- Federal Student Aid Office Issues Guidance on Flexibility Options for Student Programs Affected by Coronavirus