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. 3
  • Economic Impact Aid Update
  • Update on Health Savings Accounts
  • Assembly Speaker Appoints Legislative Committee Members
  • Governor's Budget Proposal Takes Two Hits
  • Community College Initiative: Proposition 98 and Declining Enrollment
  • By the Way . . . State Allocation Board Approves School Facility Program Grant Amount Increases
  • Ask SSC . . . Could You Help with Step and Column Calculations?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can QEIA Funds Be Used to Renovate, Lease, and/or Purchase Portable Classrooms?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Are the Requirements for Receiving ADA for Saturday School Participants?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can County Offices of Education Receive the Discretionary Block Grant?
  • Ask SSC . . . What New Programs Allow Indirect Costs to Be Charged?
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 2/2/07
  • Middle and High School Counseling Program
  • By the Way . . . CDE Announces Release of Funds for the Middle and High School Supplemental School Counseling Program
  • SSC's Governor's Budget Conference Q&A
Volume 27 No. 2
  • Lewis Wiley to Join SSC Staff
  • September Revenues and Employment Tracking Forecast
  • Governor Calls California "A Nation State"; Preaches People, Not Politics, in His Inauguration Address
  • New Laws in Effect
  • Process for Approving School Construction Plans Expedited
  • Governor's State-of-the-State Address Speaks to California's Future
  • By the Way . . . Governor Names Acting Education Secretary
  • By the Way . . . State Board of Education Re-Elects Leaders
  • Governor's Budget Funds 4.04% Estimated COLA for 2007-08, But Little Else
  • Nunez Denied Confirmation to State Board of Education
  • By the Way . . . First Apportionment for School Site and District Discretionary Block Grants Released
  • Legislative Analyst Critiques Governor's Budget
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities - 1/19/07
  • Bid Limit Raised Effective January 1, 2007
  • Ask SSC . . . Could You Clarify the Requirements for the Education Technology K-12 Vouchers?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Are Charter Schools Notified of Eligibility for Federal Funding?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Will the Transfer for Restricted Funding Be Handled with the Change in Accounting for 2007-08?
  • Deal with the Postretirement Benefits Issue Now
  • Governor Unveils Much-Anticipated Health Care Initiative
Volume 27 No. 1
  • By the Way . . . Amended Statement of Facts" Due Now"
  • By the Way . . . Allocations for ASES Program on Hold
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the Best Way to Calculate Step and Column Costs?
  • Ask SSC . . . Why Does CDE's Revenue Limit Software Differ from SSC's?
  • By the Way . . . Court Rules Against Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa in His Attempt to Take Control of Los Angeles Unified School District
  • State Allocation Board Apportions Deferred Maintenance Funds
  • Preparing for Your Next Interview
  • Annual Comparison of Average Teacher Compensation
  • Ask SSC . . . Is the National Day of Mourning a Holiday for Schools?
  • Arts and Music Block Grant Funding Announced
  • Changes to Facilities Repayment Schedule for Amounts Due to the State
  • Governor Proposes $52 Million for Career-Technical Education
  • Legislative Committee Chairs Announced
  • Ask SSC . . . Does the New Oral Health Evaluation Law Qualify as a State Mandate?
  • Ask SSC . . . Why is Special Education Getting Less than a Full COLA?
  • 2006-07 New Program Funding Update
  • By the Way . . . Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2008 Introduced
  • Governor Establishes New Commission to Address Public Employee Postemployment Benefits
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities -1/5/07
  • By the Way . . . It Appears There May Be Trouble for State Board of Education Member Joe Nunez