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. 11
  • Senator Jack Scott Named Community College Chancellor
  • By the Way . . . PERS Employer Contribution Rate Announced for 2008-09
  • Speaker-Emeritus Offers Legislative Reform Plan
  • Karen Bass Sworn In as Assembly Speaker
  • By the Way . . . Pilot Program for Electronic Attendance Accounting
  • BY the Way . . . Ken Marzion Named Interim Chief Executive Officer of PERS
  • USC School Business Management Certificate Program News
  • By the Way . . . PERS Holds the Line on Health Care Premiums
  • 2007 Base Academic Performance Index Report Released
  • By the Way . . . Assembly Committee Assignments Made
  • By the Way . . . Denise Ducheny Replaces Jack Scott as Chair of Senate Budget Subcommittee on Education
  • EdFund Sale Is Postponed
  • May Revision and STRS
  • May Revision Q&A
  • California Lottery Lowers Estimated Payout to Education
  • Ask SSC . . . Is It True that STRS Members Who Retire after 2011 Do Not Get the Longevity Bonus?
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 5/23/08
  • May Revision—An Improvement for Education, But Still a Very Tough Year
  • Rebuttal to Supplantation—You Can’t Supplant What’s Not There
Volume 28 No. 10
  • House Passes Continuing Medicaid Reimbursement Moratorium, Senate Approval Hangs in the Balance
  • By the Way . . . 2007-08 Nonclassroom-Based Funding Determinations for Charter Schools Updated.
  • By the Way . . . PERS to Distribute Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy
  • STRS Demographic Study
  • STRS Actuarial Assumptions
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do We Proceed with a Third Interim Report?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is There an Exemption Available for Deferral of the Advance Apportionment?
  • Is the Governor Signaling a Collapse of Revenues at May Revision?
  • By the Way . . . Secretary of Education to Host Forum
  • Judge Appears to Signal Win in Lawsuit Against the State Controller
  • And the 2008-09 Statutory COLA Is . . . 5.66%
  • Ask SSC . . . Do You Know What the Deficit Factor Will Be Based on the Increased COLA?
  • FCMAT Broadcast on the Governor’s May Revision Scheduled
  • BY the Way . . . FCMAT Broadcast Available for 30 Days after the Broadcast Itself.
  • Education Forum Cancelled
  • Californians Want to Protect Education from Budget Cuts
  • Appropriations Committees Begin Hearings
  • April Tax Receipts Exceed Forecast
  • By the Way . . . Categorical Program Monitoring Forms and Resources Now Available
  • California Public Employees’ Retirement System Resignations
  • By the Way . . . Health Care Reform Revisited
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 5/9/08
  • STRS Presents Adequacy Study
Volume 28 No. 9
  • Professional Standards/Reminders—Enrollment Projections and Average Daily Attendance (Third in a Series)
  • By the Way . . . Additional Space Now Available for Ontario May Revision Workshop
  • Ask SSC . . . Will the Physical Education Teacher Incentive Grants Continue?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Should a Basic Aid District Designate Excess Reserves?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is There a Sample Resolution for Flexibility Transfers for Categorical Programs?
  • March Revenues Fall Short—Corporate Profits to Blame
  • Budget Subcommittees Tackle Proposal to Change the COLA
  • SSC-Axiom Mandate Partnership
  • By the Way . . . Chief Business Officer (CBO) Training Program Survey Due on May 15, 2008
  • By the Way . . . The 2008 Edition of the California School Accounting Manual (CSAM) Is Now Available Online
  • State Jobless Rate Jumps
  • Ask SSC . . . Is There a Special Exemption for Class Sizes in a One-School District?
  • Professional Standards/Reminders—Position Control (Fourth in a Series)
  • Ask SSC . . . Why Does School Services Rely on the Department of Finance’s Finance Bulletin for Tracking Tax Receipts?
  • 2007-08 CELDT Scores Released
  • Legislative Republicans Propose to Fully Fund Proposition 98
  • Education Funding, Proposition 98, and the May Revision
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 4/25/08
  • Legislative Deadline Passes—Education Bills Move Forward