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 22 No. 4
  • Ask SSC . . . Do the New Federal Requirements for Paraprofessionals Apply to All Aides in Schoolwide Consolidated Programs
  • Ask SSC . . . Is Object Code 9775 Placed Right in the CSAM?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Waivers Still Available When Districts Offer Fewer than 180 Instructional Days?
  • Ask SSC . . . Our ADA is Down Because of the Flu—Can I Claim This as an Emergency?
  • Ask SSC . . . Has the Minimum Poverty Threshold Been Reduced?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do We Still Need to Pass an Energy Grant Resolution?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do School Districts Have Caps on Either Interest or Arbitrage Earnings?
  • Ask SSC . . . Should We Increase Our Required General Fund Reserves?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Pay for Buy-Back Days at the End of the Project?
  • Independent Audit Issues Addressed
  • Where Do We Find an Extra $127 Billion?
  • Plan Now for Federal Renovation Grant Program
  • Facilities Bond Committee Reaches Some Consensus
  • Special Education Apportionment: No Deficits for 2000-01,
  • 2001-02 Revenue Limit Proration Factors Lower Than Anticipated at P-1
  • 2001-02 Charter School Funding Rates At P-1 All Slightly Higher Than Expected
  • Ask SSC . . . What Should We Budget Now for 2002-03, Based on the LAO Forecast?
  • Mid-Year Mandate Changes
  • LAO Forecasts $5 Billion Larger State Budget Shortfall, But Increased Proposition 98 Funding
Volume 22 No. 3
  • Ask SSC . . . Is There an Alternative to Using Gas Leaf Blowers for Cleaning Our Grounds?
  • Ask SSC . . . What State and Federal Categorical Programs Are Subject to Reduction of Capital Outlay Before Indirect Costs Can Be Calculated?
  • Ask SSC . . . Where Does It Say that We Must Provide Quarterly Investment Reports to Our Board?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do Federal Funds to a Multi-District SELPA Need to Be Distributed to Each LEA within the SELPA?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Prepay Certificated Salaries for July and August When We Convert from Year-Round to Traditional Schedules?
  • Ask SSC . . . Routine Restricted Maintenance—How Much Can I Cut?
  • Ask SSC . . . Does Five-Day Minimum for Independent Study Apply to Charter Schools?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do Charter Schools Have to Require that All Students Attend for 80% of the Annual Minutes Standard?
  • Ask SSC . . . Can Schiff-Bustamante Instructional Materials Funds Be Carried Over?
  • Natural Gas Buses Revisited
  • Benefits of Class-Size Reduction Questioned
  • Bill Proposes Clean Up of Last Summer’s Desegregation Reform
  • State Board Approves AB 75 Training Provider Criteria
  • Instructional Materials and Staff Development Eligibility
  • Routine Restricted Maintenance—Do I Transfer 3%, 2%, or 0%?
  • Prop 39 Bonds Abound on March 5 Ballot
  • School Facilities Bond Committee Continues Deliberations
  • CTA Seeks Curriculum Bargaining
  • Mandate Audits Begin in 2002
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the Revised Funding from the Energy Block Grant?
  • Ask SSC . . . What’s Happening with PAR?
  • Ask SSC . . . Could You Clear Up the Confusion Regarding Equalization, PERS Reduction, and the Mega-Item Block Grant?
  • Legislature Adopts Bills to Reduce Current-Year Education Funding
  • Governor Davis Signs Legislation for Mid-Year Education Cuts
Volume 22 No. 2
  • Ask SSC . . . What Will Our New Financial Statements Look Like?
  • Assembly Appropriations Committee Takes Action on Two-Year Bills
  • By the Way . . . School Facilities Conference Committee Begins Work
  • By the Way . . . Department of Finance Clarifies Independent Study Funding Issue
  • Ask SSC . . . Where Do I Find Information on Green Diesel Fuel Technology?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Constitutes “Standards-Based” Textbooks?
  • Ask SSC . . . Is There More than One Kind of Depreciation Method We Can Use?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Can We Verify Participation on an Internet Bargaining Team?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Much Should We Maintain in a Mandated Cost Escrow Account?
  • Ask SSC . . . What is the Status of Developer Fee Rates?
  • Governor’s Budget Workshop—Questions and Answers
  • Governor’s Budget Workshop—Revised Charter School Rates
  • AB 75 Advisory Committee Issues Final Recommendations
  • Standardized Account Code Structure Validation Tables Updated
  • Proposed Changes for Work Force Development in California
  • Including Health Benefits as Part of the Salary Base: Good or Bad?
  • Commission on State Mandates Approves Four New Reimbursement Claims for Schools
  • Assembly Education Committee Hears Budget Comments
  • Legislative Analyst Comments on the Governor’s Proposed 2002-03 State Budget
  • Budget Subcommittees Restore Equalization, PERS Reduction,