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 28 No. 14
  • By the Way . . . Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) Issues an Alert on Redevelopment Agency Revenues
  • Budget Update - Committee Approves LAO Cash Management Proposal
  • EdSource Analyzes the 2008 Performance of California’s Charter Schools
  • Internal Revenue Service Raises Mileage Rate in Response to Rising Energy Costs
  • Ask SSC . . . Can You Clarify County Office Responsibilities of a District’s OPEB Plan?
  • Frequently Asked Questions about the Cash Management Improvement Proposal Approved by the Budget Conference Committee
  • Is It Time for Multiyear Budget Certification for the State? - An SSC Editorial
  • By the Way . . . 2008-09 Lottery Projections Released
  • Final Discretionary Block Grant Apportionment Issued
  • Supplement, Not Supplant Follow-Up
  • Education Bills Move Forward
  • By the Way . . . Senate Approves Medicaid Moratoria Extension
  • Economy and Revenues Are Tracking May Revision
  • 2008-09 Lottery Projections Released
  • Liquidity Problems Touch School Agencies
  • By the Way . . . Secretary of Education Hosts Sacramento Dialogue on Education Reform
  • Ask SSC . . . Should We Centralize the Accounting for Our Elementary School ASB Accounts?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are School Agencies Nonprofit Organizations for Federal Tax Purposes?
  • Poll Reflects that Education Is of Lesser Importance than Economy
  • Ask SSC . . . Can a Cash Donation to the District Have Donor-Imposed Restrictions for Use?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is There a Distinction between “Recommended for Retention” and At Risk for Retention"?"
  • Federal Action Extends Unemployment Insurance Benefits
  • Looking Back to Move Forward—An Editorial
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 7/3/08
  • Surprise, Surprise—New Fiscal Year Begins Without a State Budget
Volume 28 No. 13
  • By the Way . . . 2006-07 J-7CSR Form Revisions Due June 30
  • Ask SSC . . . What Does Inability to Pay" Mean?"
  • By the Way . . . Secretary of Education Hosts Community Dialogue on Education Reform
  • PERS Real Estate Investment Tanks
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do We Calculate the Gann Limit?
  • By the Way . . . School Improvement Fund Grant Information Available
  • Ask SSC . . . Can a Board Member Run for Two School Boards During a Unification Drive?
  • Early Predictors of CAHSEE Passage
  • Conference Committee Gets Down to Business
  • LAO Weighs in on School Accountability
  • By the Way . . . Two Laws Effective July 1, 2008, that Districts Should Know About
  • By the Way . . . Statement of Assurance for State Instructional Materials Funding for 2007-08 Due to CDE by July 31, 2008
  • Remember to Update and File the SAB 40-20 Five-Year Deferred Maintenance Plan
  • Additional Earnings Credits and Additional Annuity Credits Granted
  • Ask SSC . . . What Impact Does Conversion to a Districtwide Charter Have on Transportation Revenue?
  • By the Way . . . Health Savings Account Parameters Set for 2009
  • Ask SSC . . . Why Must We Continue Completing Form CEA?
  • Ask SSC . . . What’s the Status of the Governor’s Cash Management Improvement Program Proposal?
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 6/20/08
  • PERS Approves 2009 HMO Premium Rates
  • Court May Order State to Pay Billions for Prison Construction
  • UCLA Still Says No Recession
Volume 28 No. 12
  • By the Way . . . Governor’s Office to Hold Forum on Education Reform
  • Ask SSC . . . Can You Explain the Dartboard’s Deficit Factor’s Effect in the Out Years?
  • By the Way . . . PERS Rate Confirmed
  • Ask SSC . . . Is Special Education Delayed in Advanced Apportionment?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Should We Treat the Deferred Maintenance Match under the Proposed Flexibility?
  • Ask SSC . . . When Is It Appropriate to Make the Flexibility Transfers?
  • Careful Planning Needed to Fund Supplemental Programs
  • By the Way . . . Schools' Chief Jack O’Connell Announces $463 Million In Bond Funds for Charter Schools
  • Ask SSC . . . Why Does the May Revision Identify Different Amounts for K-12 Education Funding?
  • Senate Budget Committee Increases Education Funding
  • June 3rd Was a Great Day to Hold a School Bond Election
  • Moving in the Right Direction . . . So Far
  • The Stars Realign
  • May Revision Q&A—Part II
  • STRS’ Benefits and Services Committee Establishes Priorities
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 6/6/08
  • Department of Finance Provides More Detail on May Revise Proposal
  • Ask SSC . . . Where Can We Find the Statewide Average Reserve Percentages?