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. 3
  • SSA: 2002-03 K-14 Cuts in Special Session Bill Slightly Below Governor’s Target
  • SSA: A General Comparison of the Legislature’s and the Administration’s Mid-Year Cut Packages
  • SSA: Legislature Forwards Education Package to the Governor—and an Uncertain Fate
  • SSA: Senate Adopts Mid-Year Budget Cut Plan—Next Stop: Reconciliation
  • SSA: Ask SSC . . . What About the Other Apportionment Payments?
  • SSA: Assembly Takes Action on Mid-Year Budget Cut Legislation
  • SSA: Big Cuts Needed to Balance 2003-04 State Education Budget
  • Legislature Approves Education Bill—Governor’s Response Unknown
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the Status of the Migrant Education Program?
  • Ask SSC . . . Who Has the Final Word on Accounting Standards?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is there a Legal Way to Shift State-Funded Positions to Federally Funded Positions?
  • Ask SSC . . . Should We Protect Our Reserves?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Should I Calculate K-3 CSR Encroachment?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Should I Plan for 2003-04?
  • Some Dos and Don’ts of Developer Fees
  • Temporary Loans Between Funds
Volume 23 No. 2
  • Ask SSC . . . Academic Performance Index Awards
  • SSA: Assembly Budget Subcommittee Finalizes Its Version of Current-Year Cuts
  • Ask SSC . . . Do We Need to Complete Form R-2 This Year?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Many Consecutive Audits Can One Audit Firm Conduct for a District?
  • Ask SSC . . . Could You Help With a Confidentiality Issue?
  • Ask SSC . . . If We Want to Discontinue CSR, Does It Need to Be Done in Any Particular Order?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Districts No Longer Required to Follow Grade Level Implementation Priorities for K-3 Class-Size Reduction?
  • Ask SSC . . . What is the Governor’s Proposal for Community Day Schools?
  • Ask SSC . . . Why Aren’t All Mandates Included in the Governor’s Budget Proposal?
  • Ask SSC . . . Could You Clarify the AB 1200 Reserve Requirement?
  • Ask SSC . . . Could You Clarify How the 10.8% Cut Was Derived?
  • Ask SSC . . . What is the Real Cut to Schools?
  • Auditor Obligations Continue to Evolve—Audit Documentation Requirements Established in Law
  • State Board of Education Adopts Definitions for NCLB
  • Good News from OPSC
  • 2003-04 Governor’s Budget Questions and Answers
  • Governor Proposes $750 Million Shift from Redevelopment Agencies to Schools
  • No COLA, but Increased Categorical Flexibility in 2003-04; Further Cuts in 2002-03, per Governor’s Budget Proposal
  • Senate Committees Meet on Current-Year Cuts
  • Senate and Assembly Budget Committees Take Action on Governor’s Proposed Mid-Year Budget Cuts
  • Oops!
Volume 23 No. 1
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do You Feel about a Jointly Managed Trust for Health and Welfare Costs?
  • By the Way . . . Copies of 2003 Tax Withholding Tables Are Available
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Use Health Aides Rather than School Nurses to Provide Services to Students?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Are the Consequences of the Mid-Year Decrease in the PERS Employer Rate?
  • Good Friend to Education, Attorney Joe Remcho, Dies in Helicopter Crash
  • State Board of Education and Superintendent Staff Member Changes
  • President Seeks to Increase Federal Funding for No Child Left Behind
  • State Board of Education Approves California’s Accountability Plan Proposal for No Child Left Behind
  • Federal Special Education Nonsupplanting Requirement
  • 2002-03 First Quarter Lottery Apportionment Certified
  • It’s Official—It’s Okay to Destroy 1996-97 Pupil Attendance and Excused Absence Records
  • How Much Is $34.8 Billion Really?
  • DOF Clarifies Proposed Mid-Year Revenue Limit Cuts
  • Governor Davis' Second Inaugural Address—A Locker Room Pep Talk, Not a Game Plan
  • State-of-the-State Address Long on Symbolism, Short on Specifics
  • Security Alert