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 29 No. 12
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 6/12/09
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the Impact of the Governor's Reduced School Year Proposal On Retirement Benefits?
  • Ask SSC . . . Why Do External Auditors Spend So Much Time Reviewing Student Body Funds?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Are the 2008-09 Charter School Updated Rates?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do We Calculate Unused Sick Leave Into Service Credit for Retiring Employees?
  • Second Layoff Window—Computation of Revenue Limit Change
  • Legislative Analyst Provides Budget Alternatives
  • Budget Conference Committee Begins Hearing Education Items
  • By the Way . . . PERS Investment Returns Improve
  • Leadership During Tough Times—Video
  • By the Way . . . Supplemental Procedures for Teacher Reduction in Force Proceedings Are Now Available on the OAH Website
  • Governor Schwarzenegger Addresses Joint Legislative Session Regarding the State Budget
  • Leadership During Tough Times—An Editorial
  • Ask SSC . . . Are the May Revision in June" Workshop Dates Final?"
  • By the Way . . . Distribution Timeline of Federal ARRA Funds and IDEA Questions and Answers Documents Now Available
  • Ask SSC . . . Can Private Schools Purchase Obsolete or Surplus Instructional Materials from Public Schools?
  • May Revision Base Revenue Limit Cuts
  • SSC’s Updated May Revision Dartboard Now Available
  • Update on STRS Funding Shortfall and Contribution Rates
  • Additional School Funding Cuts Outlined
Volume 29 No. 11
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 5/29/09
  • Governor's Revision to the May Revision—Video
  • Deferred Maintenance-Managing Flexibility and Changes—Video
  • Revision to the May Revision
  • State’s Unemployment Rate Update
  • Grim Update on State’s Cash Flow Problem
  • CFT Files Lawsuit to Restore K-14 Funding
  • The Math and Madness Behind State Fiscal Stabilization Funding
  • Legislative Analyst Ups the 2009-10 Revenue Shortfall $3 Billion And the Governor Issues a Statement
  • Quality Education Investment Act Update and Reminders
  • By the Way . . . The 2008 Base Academic Performance Index (API) Report Has Been Released
  • Managing the Cash Crisis—Video
  • Consolidated Application Part I Now Available
  • Post-Election Expectations—Video
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Provide Free Lodging to An Employee?
  • Initiatives Fail: Time for the Contingency Plan
  • Ask SSC . . . Can You Clarify the May Revision Revenue Limit Cut?
  • Employment of STRS Retirees under Age 60
  • The Layoff Road Less Traveled
  • Ask SSC . . . How Deep is the Reduction to Proposition 98?
  • A Quick Estimate to Calculate the May Revision Revenue Limit Cut
  • Second Sacramento Location Added for May Revision In June" Workshop"
  • How to Ask Your May Revision Questions
  • By the Way . . . Schools' Chief O'Connell Decries Proposed New Cuts to Public Education
Volume 29 No. 10
  • May Revision to the State Budget—Chasing a Rock Downhill
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 5/15/09
  • Governor’s May Revise Proposals—Video
  • Ask SSC . . . Does the Federal Fiscal Stabilization Funding Reduce Revenue Limit Deficits?
  • Update on Future PERS School Employer Rates
  • PERS’ School Employer Contribution Rate Set for 2009-10
  • Legislative Analyst's Office Releases Informative Online Proposition 98 Tutorial
  • By the Way . . . Jack O’Connell Stresses the Importance of Physical Education for Student Learning
  • By the Way . . . Annual Report on Dropouts and Graduates Using Individual Student Level Data Available
  • The May Revision in May vs. the May Revision in June
  • Ask SSC . . . Is the Community Day School Program Going Away?
  • IDEA Funding Update—Video
  • Governor Acknowledges a $21.3 Billion Budget Gap
  • By the Way . . . Sacramento and Los Angeles May Revision in June" Workshop Locations are Full"
  • Title I Allocations Explained—Video
  • Governor’s May Revision Budget Proposals to Be Released May 14, 2009
  • Published State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Amounts Explained
  • Ask SSC . . . Will the Instructional Materials Resource Code Be Closed After June 30, 2009?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Title I ARRA Funds Subject to 15% Carryover Limit?
  • Ask SSC . . . Does Federal Flexibility Continue?
  • By the Way . . . State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell Announces Release of State Fiscal Stabilization Funds for Education
  • Increasing Opposition to Most Ballot Initiatives
  • 2009 Preliminary Title I Allocations
  • Update on Labor Compliance Program Requirements (Impact on New Construction Projects)
  • Will the August Layoff Statute Give Districts Another Bite at the Apple?
  • LAO Warns of Continued Cash Flow Problems in Fiscal 2009-10
  • By the Way . . . Proposed PERS Employer Contribution Rate Announced for 2009-10
  • By the Way . . . Assembly Republicans Select New Leader
  • Ask SSC . . . When Will SSC Revise the Dartboard and Revenue Limit Software?
  • Testing the Waters: The Governor’s May Revision Preview
  • By the Way . . . OPSC Offers Guidance Regarding Bridge Financing
  • By the Way . . . CDC Update on the H1N1 Virus
  • LAO’s Review of the May Revise Indicates that State Budget Shortfalls Will Persist
  • By the Way . . . Fresno May Revision in June" Workshop Location is Full"
  • Assembly Bill to Extend Final Layoff Notices to June 15 Dead On Arrival
  • By The Way . . . Free and Reduced-Price Eligibility Scales Available for 2009-10
  • Teacher Layoffs and the Timeline for Serving Final Notices—Video
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Hire Temporary Teachers for Positions in Our Categorical Programs Now Considered Unrestricted?
  • SSC Video Updates Now Available
  • State Economic and Budget Update—Video
  • At Last, School-Based Medicaid Reimbursement Regulations Rescinded
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Preliminary Entitlements Now Available
  • Ask SSC . . . Will Additional Resource Codes Be Issued for the Stimulus Funding?
  • Ask SSC . . . What is the Role of Site Council in Regards to Categoricals?
  • Ask SSC . . . Follow-up Questions Related to H1N1 Flu Virus School Closures
  • Update on Procedures and Policies Regarding the H1N1 Virus
  • By the Way . . . The 2009-10 Approved Indirect Cost Rates Are Available
  • Ask SSC . . . What Recommendations Do You Have For Allocating School and Library Improvement Block Grant Money Out to School Sites?
  • Now is the Time to Dispose of Excess Property and Equipment
  • State Auditor Urges Funding of OPEB Liability
  • April Tax Collection Short $1.8 Billion