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 19 No. 7
  • By the Way . . . One Year Final Compensation For STRS and PERS Further Clarified
  • By the Way . . . First Member of the Green Party Elected to the State Assembly
  • By the Way . . . And San Marino’s Parcel Tax Was Also Successful.
  • Ask SSC . . . How to Fashion a “Legal” Raffle
  • Ask SSC . . . Declining Enrollment Districts With Charter Schools – Intent Clear, Language In Error
  • Ask SSC . . . Computing Non-Public School ADA
  • Governor Appoints New Lottery Commissioner and Fills Quorum – What’s Next?
  • CDE Releases First Interim Report Results … and the Survey Says
  • IDEA Regulations Allow New State Funds to Reduce Encroachment
  • Developing a Local Agency Technology Plan: Some General Guidelines
  • K-12 Audit Guide Proposed to Exclude “Sick Children” ADA Audit
  • Department of Finance Reviews Short-Term Independent Study and Saturday School Programs
  • The Side Effects of Revenue Limit Rebenching
  • $20 Million Deferred Maintenance Funding Apportioned
  • Special Session of the State Legislature Adjourns
  • Two Reform Bills Signed – Two More Await Governor’s Signature
Volume 19 No. 6
  • By the Way . . . Bill Proposes Reducing Final Compensation From 3 Years to 1 For STRS Retirement Benefits
  • By the Way . . . Brisbane School District's Parcel Tax for $72 per parcel passed by one vote – 666 votes Yes to 333 No
  • Ask SSC . . . Independent Study May Be Used For Pupils With Temporary Disabilities
  • Ask SSC . . . Staff Development Days on the Salary Schedule
  • More Year 2000 Considerations
  • State Lawmakers Launch Formal Effort to Restore Home Rule
  • Keeping Track Of All The New Apportionments
  • Audit Guide Revisions Being Hotly Debated
  • IDEA Regulations Released as Congress Battles Over Special Education Funding
  • Simplifying Remedial/Summer School Funding – Lots of Interest, But No Easy Answers – A Commentary
  • State Board of Education Approves Charter School Funding Model
  • 1998-99 School Site Block Grants Certified at $28.43
  • P-1 Special Education Apportionment Corrected and Recertified
  • Governor’s Reform Bills Move Two Steps Ahead
Volume 19 No. 5
  • Ask SSC . . . Are Raffles Legal?
  • Ask SSC . . . Tax Deductibility of Bond Assessments
  • Ask SSC . . . Independent Study Program Clarification Provided By CDE
  • Ask SSC . . . Maximizing ADA in a Declining Enrollment District
  • Ask SSC . . . Staff Development Days and Calculating ADA
  • Little Hoover Commission Holds Hearing On School Facilities
  • California No Longer Nation’s Worst in 4th Grade Reading
  • K-3 Class Size Reduction Facility Funding Update
  • Local Voters Support School Bonds and Parcel Taxes at Polls
  • LAO Says K-12 Deficit Is Overstated by 3.6%
  • Assembly Budget Sub-Committee Hears from State Superintendent of Public Instruction
  • Budget Subcommittees Begin to Take Action
  • Waivers – and Clean-Up Legislation – Regarding The Use of Standards-Based Instructional Materials Funds
  • COLA As A Stick Removed from California Peer Assistance and Review Program
  • Reform Package Halfway Home – A Midpoint Assessment of the Governor’s Special Session Bills
  • Supreme Court Rules Schools Must Pay Nursing Costs for Disabled Students
  • 1998-99 P-1 Special Education Apportionment Recertified – Significant Deficits Remain