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 30 No. 25
  • By the Way . . . Potential Change in PERS Contribution Rates
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—12/17/10
  • By the Way . . . PERS to Suspend Mortgage Loan Program
  • President Signs Bill to Reauthorize Child Nutrition Program
  • By the Way . . . Sale of State Properties Halted
  • Mandate Funding—a Flaw in the Enacted 2010-11 State Budget
  • Brown Hosts Education Budget Summit
  • Sacramento 2011 Governor’s Budget Workshop Morning Session is Now Full
  • Increase in the Bid Limit Effective January 1, 2011
  • The ACLU Student Fee Lawsuit Settled
  • Got Reform? An Editorial by School Services of California
  • By the Way . . . Federal Jobs Funding Entitlements Revised
  • Budget Summit Seeks to Quantify California's Budget Problem
  • Ask SSC . . . How Can We Protect Ourselves if Things Get Worse?
  • Long Beach 2011 Governor’s Budget Workshop Morning Session is Now Full
  • Waiver Process for 60-day Extension of SARC Reporting Deadline
  • Schwarzenegger Calls His Last Special Session
  • Ask SSC . . . Where Can We Get Help in Preparing for Difficult Negotiations?
  • Calculating K-3 Class-Size Reduction Revenue for Multiyear Projections
  • By the Way . . . IRS Increases Mileage Rate for 2011
  • STRS Adopts New Actuarial Assumptions
  • By the Way . . . CSBA 2010 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show Presentations Available Online
Volume 30 No. 24
  • DREAM Act Vote Could Occur on December 6, 2010
  • Reporting Deadline for the ARRA Quarterly Report is December 10, 2010
  • By the Way . . . Exemption from the March 2011 Apportionment Deferral
  • PERS Acts to Meet Health Care Reform Requirements
  • Increase in Workers' Compensation Pure Premium Rates Rejected
  • We Just Received a Charter School Petition; What Do We Do Now?
  • Repeal of Health Care Reform's 1099 Reporting Requirements Fails
  • Editorial Comments Regarding the January 2010-11 Governor's Budget
  • By the Way . . . Hotel Information for Our Governor's Budget Workshop
  • Ask SSC . . . Is The Economy on The Mend?
  • Revenues and Jobs Increase Slightly in October
  • By the Way . . . K-3 Class-Size Reduction Applications Available
  • State Completes Sale of Notes to Meet Cash Flow Needs
Volume 30 No. 23
  • California Department of Education Launches System to Monitor Federal Cash Management
  • School Finance and Management Conference Questions and Answers—Class-Size Reduction
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—11/19/10
  • Ask SSC . . . Is the PERS Buyout Percentage Different for COEs?
  • Ask SSC . . . Should We Make Midyear Cuts Now?
  • Ask SSC . . . Who Can Help With a Review of Our Employee Contracts?
  • Teacher Layoff Rules: Reacting to Symptoms Rather than Addressing Real Problems
  • California Supreme Court Upholds AB 540
  • Legislative Analyst's Office Updates Its Analysis of Sale-Leaseback of State Buildings
  • Ask SSC . . . When is AB 1651 for PERS Member Furloughs Effective?
  • By the Way . . . California Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) Reports Investment Returns for 2009-10
  • Ask SSC . . . School Finance and Management Conference Questions and Answers—Charter Schools
  • Governor to Call a Special Budget Session in December
  • Legislative Analyst Projects $25 Billion Budget Gap for 2010-11 and 2011-12
  • Schools Sue Over Governor's Mental Health Service Veto
  • Ask SSC . . . How Can We Impact STRS' Proposed Penalty and Interest Regulations?
  • STRS Postpones Decision on Reducing Assumptions
  • State Revenues—A Conversation with Board of Equalization Chair Betty Yee—Video
  • School Finance and Management Conference Questions—The Economy
  • Hold the Date—Governor’s Budget Workshop
  • By the Way . . . SSC and CSBA’s Joint Webcast Available Monday, November 8, 4:00 p.m.
  • Ask SSC . . . Who Audits the State?
  • School Finance and Management Conference Questions and Answers—Sale of Surplus Property
  • School Finance and Management Conference Questions and Answers—Salaries and Negotiations
  • By the Way . . . Franchise Tax Board Webinar on Backup Withholding is Scheduled for November 16, 2010
  • Ask SSC . . . What are the Parameters for Funding an Employee with ASB Funds?
  • Counties Sue State Over AB 3632 Mandate
  • Judge Blocks Welfare-to-Work Childcare Program Cut