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 21 No. 12
  • Ask SSC . . . Forgiveness of Salary Overpayments
  • By the Way . . . State Board of Education Discusses Possibility of a District API.
  • Ask SSC . . . Site/Staff Bonuses and the STRS Earnings Limit
  • Ask SSC . . . Instructional Time Must Be Equal at Schools of Same Grade Level
  • Ask SSC . . . What is the Best Way to Show PTA Funds Donated to the District?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Happens If a Charter School Fails to Meet Instructional Minute Requirements?
  • Ask SSC . . . Simplified Deferred Maintenance Transfer Calculation
  • Good Day for Old-Fashioned School Bonds—Proposition 39 Gets Zilch
  • How Big is the Backlog?
  • Management Information Systems—A National Focus
  • Audit Changes for 2001
  • Reimbursement for API Reward Statutory Benefits Costs
  • State Board Proposes Policy for “Adult Testing Irregularities” Waivers
  • Garden Grove Classified Employees Overwhelmingly Defeat Agency Fee Obligations
  • A Little More on Energy
  • Public Utilities Commission Releases Rates
  • Shake-Up in Congress Shifts Federal Education Funding Agenda
  • Senator Jack O’Connell Joins Conference Committee on the State Budget
  • Special Education Settlement Legislation Still Moving
  • Budget Conference Committee Defers Most Education Issues
  • Top 12 Education Bills in the Legislature
Volume 21 No. 11
  • Ask SSC . . . Who is Required to Maintain the Routine Repair and Maintenance Resource?
  • Ask SSC . . . Summer School Before Kindergarten is Allowed
  • Ask SSC . . . Does the Entire District Need to Participate in the Staff Development Buyback Program?
  • Ask SSC . . . Peer Assistance and Review
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do We Account for the Special Ed Mandate Settlement Dollars?
  • It’s Official—O’Connell to Seek State Superintendent Post
  • The Benefits of Having an Audit Committee
  • Time to Calculate the Deferred Maintenance Transfer
  • Bill Proposes Budget Reserve Relief for Small Schools
  • Middle School Proposal Amended Again
  • 2001 SSC School District and County Office Financial Projection Dartboard—May Revise Edition
  • 2001-02 Estimated Categorical Funding Rates Based on May Revise
  • LAO Critical of May Revise; DOF Error in Prop 98 Obligations Threatens Energy Appropriation
  • May Revise Reflects Big State Budget Drop
  • Developing Your 2001-02 Budget: Do Not Include Energy Relief Funding
  • Budget Subcommittees Issue Final Budget Recommendations Amidst May Revise Miscalculations; Next Step Is Floor Vote
  • SSC Announces “LegConnect”—Your Direct Link to the California State Legislature
Volume 21 No. 10
  • By the Way . . . No Action Taken on EAAP Draft Regulations
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do We Report Federal Class-Size Reduction Expenditures for Staff Development?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do We Make the Proper Accounting Transfer for Construction Funds?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are There Risks to Online Access to Financial Systems?
  • Teacher Retention Credit Expands Beyond Traditional K-12 Educational Institutions
  • Are Diesel School Buses in Southern California on the Way Out?
  • Peer Assistance and Review Deadline Looms
  • Charter Schools Are Eligible for Some Mandate Reimbursement
  • LAO Suggests Major Changes in Facility Funding
  • API Awards Eligibility for Schools with Excessive Opt-Outs and Adult Testing “Irregularities”
  • Pressure Mounts for Energy Cost Relief for Schools
  • Mandatory IDEA Funding Bill Stirs Debate in Washington
  • Assembly Committee Eliminates $3 Million Appropriation for K 12 School Audits—Issue Moves to Budget Conference Committee
  • Subcommittee Considers Changing Multi-Track Year-Round Operational Grant Policy - 5/11/01
  • Budget Subcommittee Addresses District Expense for API Awards Program
  • “Sub Two” Puts $200 Million in Equalization Funding on “Checklist”
  • Additional Flexibility Added to Middle School Extension Proposal
  • Principal Training Program Picks Up Support
  • Preview of May Revise—State Taxes Up for 2000-01, Probably Down in 2001-02; Statutory COLA is 3.87%
  • Legislative Analyst Projects General Fund Revenue Decline of $3.4 Billion Over Two Years