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 24 No. 5
  • By the Way . . . California School Accounting Manual Now Available
  • By the Way . . . Attorney General Addresses Probationary Teacher Provisions
  • By the Way . . . J-7 CSR Form Posted on CDE Website
  • Ask SSC . . . Is There Language in the NCLB Act about the Fiscal Impact of Transfers?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Site Councils Required to Approve Flexibility Transfers?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Supplemental Grants Included in the Mega-Item/Flexibility Calculation?
  • March 2 Big Day for School Bonds
  • Regulation Limiting Age of Adult Enrollment in Charter Schools Is Adopted
  • AB 1207 State Teachers’ Retirement System Cost Savings Analysis
  • School Agencies and Counties Should Fight State over Mental Health Mandate, Not Each Other
  • Governor Signs AB 97—Reauthorizes Interdistrict Options and Special Disability Adjustment
  • State Controller’s Office Addresses Auditor Rotation
  • For the SSC Dartboard, This is the Year of the Revision
  • Prop 55 Passes—In a Close One!
  • Cities Sue the State to Block Deficit Bond Repayment Scheme
  • Schwarzenegger’s Star Continues to Brighten
Volume 24 No. 4
  • By the Way . . . Attorney General Addresses Conflict of Interest Provisions
  • By the Way . . . Attorney General Addresses the Legality of Assessing Deferred Compensation Fees to Providers
  • Ask SSC . . . Can a District Opt Out of NCLB?
  • Ask SSC . . . Where is the GASB Pronouncement on Post-Retirement Benefits?
  • Ask SSC . . . What is the Latest on School Safety Funding for 2004-05?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Charge the Cost of an Early Retirement Incentive to the Categorical Program?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is the Administration Proposing to Reduce Retirement Benefits for Classified School Employees?
  • Ask SSC . . . Does the Governor’s Budget Continue to Fund the 9th Grade Class-Size Reduction Program in 2004-05?
  • “Yellow Book” Revised
  • New Fund Established by CDE for Postemployment Benefits
  • President Bush Releases 2005 Federal Budget Proposal
  • Deductible Health Savings Accounts May Assist in Newly Designed Health Benefit Plans
  • Court Rules that Facilities Offered to Charter Schools Under Proposition 39 Do Not Have to Be Contiguous
  • Huge Increase in PERS Costs Affects Food Service Programs Especially
  • Class Size Flexibility Bill Withdrawn at Governor’s Request
  • CDE Finalizes 2003-04 Revenue Limit Worksheets
  • Big Deficits Hit Hourly Programs and Community Day School Adjustment at P-1 and Annual
  • Charter School Funding Rates at 2003-04 P-1 Apportionment
  • Nothing but Good News in Special Education Apportionments for 2003-04 and 2002-03
  • Positive Poll on Proposition 57
  • February Cash Flow Makes Up for January Sales Tax Shortfall
  • Administration Releases Wide-Ranging Budget Trailer Bill
  • Bad News for Governor’s Budget—U.S. High Court Rejects California’s Corporation Tax Provision
  • Legislative Analyst Forecasts $1 Billion Less Revenue than the Administration
Volume 24 No. 3
  • Parent’s Right to Know—“What and When”
  • By the Way . . . 2004 Legislative Calendar Released
  • By the Way . . . Bid Limit Raised to $60,900
  • Ask SSC . . . Could You Clarify a School Calendar Question?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are August Certificated Layoffs Permitted under the Current Deficit Funding Proposal?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Long Do We Need to Keep Mandated Cost Claims?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is Special Education Transportation Included in Categorical Programs Proposed for Folding Into the Revenue Limit?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do You Have the Details of the Willie Brown Early Retirement Plan?
  • Ask SSC . . . Have You Prepared a “Doomsday” Dartboard?
  • Ask SSC . . . Any Update on the Restricted Maintenance Calculation?
  • Ask SSC . . . Which Deficit Factor Gets Reduced in 2004-05?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Can a $5 per ADA Funding Increase Pay for $1.8 Billion in New Costs?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do You Have a Resolution to Support Propositions 57 and 58?
  • Governor Appoints Members to the State Board of Education
  • Proposition 56 and Voting Requirements
  • LAO Report on Charter Schools—Positive, with Recommendations for Improvements
  • San Diego County Sues State for Mandate Reimbursements for Mental Health Services to Students
  • Moody’s Warns of Downward Pressure on State’s Bond Rating if Proposition 57 Fails
  • Pressure’s On to Re-reform Workers’ Comp
  • K-3 CSR Penalty Bill on Governor’s Desk
  • State Superintendent Jack O’Connell Offers First Ever “State of Education” Address
  • Revised K-12 Budget Package Swaps Out Targeted Program Augmentation for Across-the-Board Increase
  • Governor Seeks Endorsements of Propositions 57 and 58