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 27 No. 12
  • Big Deficits Now Expected in 2006-07 Hourly Programs
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the Divisor for Determining County Special Education ADA?
  • Budget Conference Committee Scheduled to Begin Friday, June 1
  • Budget Conference Committee to Begin Deliberations
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Basic Aid Districts Affected by Redevelopment Revenues?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is There a Formula for Calculating Routine Restricted Maintenance?
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 6/8/07
  • California Remains Behind Most Other States
  • Ask SSC . . . How Specific Must the Plan of Expenditures Be for the School Site Discretionary Block Grant?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do Contracts Paid from Student Body Funds Have to go Through a Formal Bid Process?
  • By the Way . . . Funding for Supplemental Hourly Deficits May Be Reconsidered.
  • Senate and Assembly Pass Out High Profile Education Legislation
  • Big Ticket Education Items Stall in Fiscal Committees
  • State Superintendent Says Amend No Child Left Behind
  • Budget Woes Continue to Plague Governor
Volume 27 No. 11
  • By the Way . . . PERS Contribution Rate for School Employers Set for 2007-08
  • May Revision Produces a Few Surprises
  • Ask SSC . . . Does Our Site Council or Governing Board Need to Approve Discretionary Block Grant Spending?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Pay a Photocopier Lease Out of Restricted Lottery Funds?
  • By the Way . . . Elementary Inflation Increase Sure to Be $241
  • Legislative Analyst's Office Claims Error Made in Education Budget
  • Administration Acknowledges Equalization Budgeting Error
  • Ask SSC . . . Are We in Danger of Losing Our Equalization Aid?
  • Educators Receive Positive Feedback in Washington, D.C.-Congress Passes Resolution to Provide $9.5 Billion More for Education Programs
  • Ask SSC . . . What is the SACS Resource Code for the Low-Performing School Block Grant?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Do We Do About Retroactive Pay for a Former Employee?
  • Senate Budget Subcommittee Rejects New May Revision Spending
  • By the Way . . . Budget Conference Committee Senate Members Named
  • Assembly Subcommittee Closes Education Budget
  • Governor Sponsors Webcast on Lottery Proposal
  • Ask SSC . . . Which Categorical Programs Will Receive the 4.53% COLA and Which Will Be Affected by the Negative Growth Adjustment?
  • Legislative Subcommittees Add Funding for Mandate Reimbursements
  • State Board of Education Adopts New Amendments to Proposition 39
Volume 27 No. 10
  • Ask SSC . . . Do the Higher COLA and Lower State Revenues Portend a Deficit Factor for 2007-08?
  • Administration Drops Controversial Home-to-School Transportation Funding Shift Proposal
  • Ask SSC . . . Is the 2007-08 Elementary COLA $241 or $242?
  • List of Schools Receiving QEIA Funds Released
  • Ask SSC . . . Who Needs to Sign the Time Certifications for 100% Federally Funded Employees?
  • National Charter Schools Week Proclaimed
  • School Safety a Hot Topic in Sacramento
  • Court of Appeal Rules Determination of Temporary" Cannot be Determined Solely by Credential"
  • Ask SSC . . . Is the QEIA Funding Partial Year Funding?
  • FCMAT Broadcast on the Governor's May Revise
  • By the Way . . . It's Teacher Appreciation Week
  • Despite Strong April Revenues, Administration Official Signals May Revision Cuts
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 5/11/07
  • By the Way . . . U.S. Chamber Report Gives California K-12 Education Mixed Reviews
  • Housing Affordability Impacts Declining Enrollment According to New Report by California Budget Project
  • By the Way . . . Secretary of Education Issues Statement Regarding QEIA Funds