Fiscal Report

As the cornerstone of School Services of California Inc.'s integrated services, the Fiscal Report provides real-time updates on issues affecting the finances and management of school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education. This essential resource keeps clients informed of the status and potential ramifications of impending state government actions, both legislative and regulatory, as well as state apportionments, court decisions, elections, and other education-impacting events.

Volume 31 No. 3
  • 2011 Governor’s Budget Workshop Questions and Answers—Cash and Deferrals
  • Ask SSC . . . Can You Clarify the Court Actions on Student Fees?
  • 2011 Governor’s Budget Workshop Questions and Answers—Categorical Programs
  • Devil's In the Details: Governor Releases Education Trailer Bill
  • Ask SSC . . . Do the Time Reporting Requirements Apply to the Education Jobs Funds?
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—2/4/11
  • Ask SSC . . . Is a Majority or Super Majority Required to Extend Temporary Taxes?
  • 2011 Governor’s Budget Workshop Questions and Answers—Health Benefits and Taxes
  • Legislative Analyst’s Office Puts Spotlight on Creative Accounting and Its Impact on Proposition 98
  • Ask SSC . . . Does the Governor’s Trailer Bill Continue the Flexibility to Shorten the Instructional Year?
  • Ask SSC . . . What is Happening with the Williams Settlement Emergency Repair Program?
  • By the Way . . . Announcing the 2011 Coalition for Adequate School Housing Annual Conference
  • 2011 Governor’s Budget Workshop Questions and Answers—Charter Schools
  • Ask SSC . . . How is the PERS “Hold Harmless” on Furlough Days Paid For?
  • Governor Urges Legislature to Let Voters Decide
  • Shovel-Ready Construction Projects Announced
  • Ask SSC . . . Which Rate is Correct for the PERS Employer Contribution?
  • Insights into the Proposed State Budget—A Conversation with Department of Finance Director Ana J. Matosantos—Video
  • How Has Education Fared Over the Years?
  • The Governor Can’t Do It Alone—An Editorial By School Services of California
  • Ask SSC . . . Will There be Midyear Cuts to Education?
  • By the Way . . . Some Staffing Changes at SSC
  • Lockyer Offers Thoughts on IOUs and All-Cuts Budget
  • What Should We Plan For in 2011-12?
  • By the Way . . . Governor Brown Set to Deliver State of the State Address on Monday, January 31, 2011
  • By the Way . . . CalSTRS Posts Double-Digit Investment Gains
  • By the Way . . . PERS Earns Double-Digit Returns
Volume 31 No. 2
  • When One Layoff Door Closes, Don’t Count on the Window
  • By the Way . . . Governor Brown Declares Fiscal Emergency
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—1/21/11
  • The Future of Flexibility: Proposals and Studies
  • By the Way . . . The 2010 Qualified School Construction Bonds (QSCB) allocations are now available
  • Insurance Commissioner Attempts to Address Health Insurance Rate Increases
  • Ask SSC . . . When Can Volunteers Help Perform the Duties of Classified Employees Who Have Been Laid Off?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can You Explain the Difference Between the SSC Deficit Factor and DOF’s?
  • A New Governor, New Approach, Same Old Economic Problems
  • By the Way . . . Brown Announces State Board of Education Replacement Appointment
  • Governor Proposes Balanced Solutions to Close the Budget Gap
  • By the Way . . . State Board of Education Meeting Schedule Change
  • 2011-12 Legislative Committees
  • Ask SSC . . . What Changes Do We Need to Prepare For Regarding 1099s?
Volume 31 No. 1
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—1/7/11
  • By the Way . . . 2011 Legislative Calendar
  • Ask SSC . . . Restoration of Negotiated Concessions
  • Effects of the California Green Building Code
  • Changes Take Effect for the Proposition 39 Bond Audits
  • Brown Announces State Board of Education Appointments
  • Ask SSC . . . Are There Any Savings to Employers Under the New Job Creation Act 2010?
  • By the Way . . . Second Round of Microsoft Settlement Awarded
  • New Laws Affecting Education in 2011
  • Tom Torlakson Sworn in as California’s 27th State Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • “California Here I Come, Right Back Where I Started From”
  • State Board of Education Waivers
  • Opportunity for Construction Funds Available
  • By the Way . . . 2010-11 Child Nutrition Reimbursement Rates are Available
  • State Revenue Up Big in November
  • State Allocation Board Disburses Funding for Construction and Modernization Projects