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 23 No. 6
  • SSA: Governor Signs Mid-Year Cut Bill, but with Reservations
  • By the Way . . . CSAM Available on CDE Website
  • By the Way . . . List of Negative and Qualified Certifications is Available
  • By the Way . . . Schiff-Bustamante Funding is Eligible for Carryover and Expenditure Through June 30, 2004
  • Ask SSC . . . What Are the Chances for Significant K-3 CSR Reform Next Year?
  • Ask SSC . . . Why Would a District Be Slashing Its Summer School Program?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is the Mandated Program Cost Reimbursement Deferred or Cut?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do the Mandate Deferrals in SBX1 18 Apply to 2002-03 Claims?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do We Justify Layoffs of Certificated Employees and Plan for Next Year?
  • Labor Compliance Monitoring Funding
  • California Supreme Court Decision Could Subject Local Educational Agencies to Greater Liability for Open Disability Claims
  • Superintendent O’Connell Gets Positive News on Child Care Contracts
  • CDE Recertifies 2002-03 First Principal Apportionment
  • An Editorial on the Governor’s Signing Message for SBX1 18
Volume 23 No. 5
  • By the Way . . . AB 1907 Passes from Senate Approprations Committee.
  • By the Way . . . Fiscal Squeeze Does Not Delay the Legislature
  • By the Way . . . First CSET Exams Given; Results to be Delayed
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Use Title I Funds To Pay a Retirement Incentive?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can Districts Reserve 3% of Restricted Categorical Funds?
  • Ask SSC . . . Could Board Members Use E-Mail under the Brown Act?
  • Ask SSC . . . Does the Kavanaugh Decision Apply to First-Year Probationary Employees?
  • March 2003 School Bond Elections
  • What Are You Thinking? - Issue 2
  • Care to Share Your Maintenance Plan?
  • Where Is the Mandate Money?
  • Keep Filing the SAB 40-20 Five-Year Deferred Maintenance Plan
  • Need Cash? Postpone the Deferred Maintenance Transfer
  • Even Better News for the 3% Restricted Maintenance Account Calculation
  • Student Fees
  • K-12 Audit Guide Process Pushes Forward Amid Uncertainty Regarding Mid-Year Cuts
  • P-1 Apportionment: Adult and ROC/P Funding
  • P-1 Special Education Apportionment: Some Deficits for 2002-03, Reduced Deficits for 2001-02
  • Charter School Funding Rates At P-1—Some Up, Some Down
  • Supreme Court Case—Kavanaugh vs. West Sonoma County Union High School District
  • Ask SSC . . . When Will the May Revise Be Out?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the Legislative Analyst’s Position on Class-Size Reduction Amounts?
  • Ask SSC . . . Does the 2002-03 State Budget Reflect a 2% COLA?
  • President Signs 2003 Budget and Unveils 2004 Budget Proposal
  • Where Did the $250-per-Student Amount Come From?
  • Another Week Goes By Without Resolution on Mid-year Budget Cuts
Volume 23 No. 4
  • By the Way . . . 2003 Special Education Data Survey Online
  • By the Way . . . No Child Left Behind Update
  • By the Way . . . 175 is the Final Answer
  • Ask SSC . . . Is There a “Drop Dead” Date for Mid-Year Cuts?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do You Believe that Districts Should Go Straight to Factfinding?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can Our District Discontinue Its Lunch Program?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do Deferrals Count Toward Mega-Item Transfers?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can Teachers Bank Time for More Teacher Prep Days?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Do I Tell My Districts About the 2002-03 Second Period Interim Report?
  • Ask SSC . . . Could We Provide a Longer School Day, but a Shorter School Week and School Year?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do We Need to Provide a COLA Increase for 2002-03?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is It True that Education Will Not Receive the Anticipated Cuts to Funding?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Pay Our Unrestricted General Fund Back for a Prior-Year Contribution?
  • Others Agree that Paul Is a Star!
  • Cash Flow May Turn to Molasses
  • AB 1994 Seemingly Has Unintended Consequences for Charter School Facility Requests
  • Reducing Participation in K-3 Class Size Reduction
  • Classified and Certificated Layoff—Statutory Provisions
  • Audit Reform Bogged Down by Budget Stalemate
  • What Are You Thinking?
  • Legislative Analyst Releases “No Silver Bullet” Budget Analysis
  • All’s Quiet on the Sacramento Front