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 20 No. 21
  • By the Way . . . Tom Henry Receives CCSESA Leadership Award
  • By the Way . . . Web Site Access Explodes
  • By the Way . . . Staff Development Buy-Out Day Waiver
  • Ask SSC . . . Extra $35 Million in Lottery Funds
  • Ask SSC . . . Earnings for Retired STRS Members
  • Ask SSC . . . District Block Grant More Flexible than Anticipated
  • Ask SSC . . . Is Deficit Reduction Funding Ongoing or One Time?
  • Historic COLAs and Deficits
  • Revised 2000-01 K-12 Revenue Limit Worksheets
  • The Proper Use of the SAB 270 Restricted Maintenance Program Form
  • ELILP Grant Applications Available
  • CDE Proposes Process for Granting Minor or Inadvertent Waiver Requests
  • Part-Time Playground Bill Vetoed
  • Buying Out the PERS Reduction Would Also Benefit Categorical Funding—An Analysis
  • API (Academic Performance Index) Rewards
  • State Allocation Board Adopts Priority Points
  • What is a Private School?—the $64 Million Question
  • California Lottery Commission Sends Extra $35 Million to Schools
Volume 20 No. 20
  • By the Way . . . Technical Correction Made to Ongoing Beginning Teacher Salary Funding
  • Gann Limit Calculations—When and Why - 9-15-00
  • Ask SSC . . . Clarification on PAR Funds for Mentor Teachers
  • Ask SSC . . . Extended-Year ADA More Valuable than Hourly Program Funding
  • Charter School Proposal to Offset School Closure Can Create Fiscal Problems
  • Ask SSC . . . Restricted v. Unrestricted Lottery Funds
  • Ask SSC . . . STRS Obligation
  • Ask SSC . . . Unrestricted Monies are for Local Discretion
  • GASB 34 Implementation is Beginning
  • Categorical Reform Effort One-for-Three in 2000
  • 2000-01 ROP Funding Clarification
  • Priority Points Proposals to Be Heard by SAB
  • District Block Grant May Be Used for the Deferred Maintenance Transfer
  • Special Ed Mandate Settlement Talks Continue
  • Congress Wrangles Over Level of Education Funding
Volume 20 No. 19
  • Ask SSC . . . Special Minimum Day Rules for Graduating Seniors
  • Option 2 of the 2000-01 Beginning Teacher Salary Adjustment
  • Teachers’ Income Tax Credit
  • Ask SSC . . . Does Sick Leave under AB 109 include Differential Leave?
  • Correction to Advanced Placement Application Article
  • Cesar Chavez Day Not School Holiday
  • Balancing Deferred Maintenance ADA
  • What Can I Exclude from the 3% Restricted Maintenance Program Calculation?
  • Framework for the Master Plan for Education Released
  • State Allocation Board Considers “Priority Points”
  • Commission on State Mandates Declares Behavioral Intervention Plans are Reimbursable Mandates
  • Details of STRS Package Revealed
  • Final Week of the Legislative Session Results in Major Year-End Deals