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. 9
  • By the Way . . . 2001 Audit Guide Released by the State Controller’s Office.
  • By the Way . . . Charter School Numbers Grow.
  • By the Way . . . And you thought you lost in the stock plunge
  • Ask SSC . . . Will the II/USP Allocations Be Cut or Modified This Year?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Indirect Cost Rate Do We Use for Adult Education?
  • Ask SSC . . . Any Update on School Site Block Grant Dollar Amount?
  • Ask SSC . . . Will Staff Development Buyback Days Be Available Next Year?
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do We Record Items Under the Threshold Amount for GASB 34?
  • More Questions on API AwardAsk SSC . . .
  • Energy-Related Projects Bill Signed Into Law
  • Bill Would Require 180 Instructional Days or Equivalent for Year-Round Schools
  • API Waivers Denied Due to Unrepresentative Populations During STAR Testing
  • State Board Tightens Up on Waivers of Independent Study ADA-to-Teacher Ratio
  • Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees Support Deletion of Audit Appropriations
  • Steinberg’s Index Scores Schools on the Number of Qualified Teachers
  • Court Backs Up State Regulations Limiting Eligibility for $5,000-to-$25,000 Certificated Staff Performance Bonuses
  • First Ever Senate Education “Suspense” File Slashes Billions in Minutes
  • Special Education Mandate Settlement Legislation Clears Senate Education Committee
  • Standard and Poor’s Cuts State’s Bond Rating to A+
Volume 21 No. 8
  • By the Way . . . Correction on “Standardized Account Code Structure Updates” Article
  • By the Way . . . SACS 2001-02 Beta Software Available
  • Ask SSC . . . No Need for April Fool’s Article this Year
  • Ask SSC . . . Where Can We Find Information on Federal Dollars for School Facility Repair/Renovation/Technology?
  • Ask SSC . . . Student Body Payments to Independent Contractors
  • Ask SSC . . . Which Minimum Wage Prevails—Federal or State?
  • Ask SSC . . . Does Equipment Inventory Need to be Maintained?
  • Ask SSC . . . Restricted Maintenance Account—It’s Not Just for the Big Districts!
  • Ask SSC . . . Do Districts Need to Report How Block Grants Were Spent?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Agreements for Reduced Rates for Voluntary Interruptible Electricity and Natural Gas Service Appropriate?
  • President Bush’s First Budget Proposal Includes a Boost in Funding for Schools
  • Administration Proposes Delay in Implementing Kindergarten Age of Admission Pilot Program
  • Credential Reform Under Way
  • An April Look at the May Revise—Stock Market Portends Possible Negative Consequences
  • Implementing the API Rewards Programs
  • 2000-01 Second Quarter Lottery Apportioned at $36.82
  • PG&E Bankruptcy Declaration Will Reverberate for Years
Volume 21 No. 7
  • Special Education Mandated Cost Negotiations at Impasse
  • By the Way . . . SSC Fills Staff Analyst Position
  • By the Way . . . Electricity Crisis Beat Education as Number One Policy Issue in the Central Valley
  • Ask SSC . . . When Will the K-12 Audit Guide be Released?
  • Ask SSC . . . What are the Adult and Cafeteria Indirect Cost Rate Caps?
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Exemptions from PERS Reduction Limited?
  • Ask SSC . . . How are Site/Staff API Performance Awards Distributed?
  • 1999-00 and 2000-01 Adult Education Apportionment to be Corrected at P-2
  • Responsibility for Fraud Prevention and Detection
  • Standardized Account Code Structure Updates
  • GASB 34 Updates
  • Technology Grants and Loans—Assembly Bill 473
  • Supplemental Wage Taxes
  • State Bond Funds Nearly Gone
  • Proposition 39 and Charter Schools—Impact on a District May Be Minimal or Huge
  • Senate Education Committee Considers the First of Many Bills to Come
  • Bar May Be Raised for High-Performing Schools
  • Tax Credits for Teaching Math and Science
  • Steinberg’s “BTSA for Administrators” Bill Becomes the Governor’s New “Principal Training Program”
  • Funding Projections for Site/Staff API Bonuses Become Clearer
  • Energy: The State Budget and California’s Future