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 18 No. 17
  • By the Way . . . 1998-99 Revenue Limit Worksheets Available
  • By the Way . . . Golden Handshake Legislation to Expire
  • Ask SSC . . . SB 1882 Funding Continues in 1998-99
  • Ask SSC . . . Special Education Funding for Declining Enrollment DistrictsSpecial Education Funding for Declining Enrollment Districts
  • Ask SSC . . . Instructional Materials -- Supplement or Supplant?
  • Ask SSC . . . 9th Grade CSR Funding
  • Ask SSC . . . Optional Days for Staff Development?
  • Volunteer Fingerprinting Bill Dies in Committee
  • Staff Development Buy-Back Q & A
  • Instructional Time Requirements and Staff Development -- 180 Days or Its Equivalency?
  • Bond on November Ballot
  • Budget Language Directs Districts toward Mathematics Texts
  • Social Promotion, Accountability and Mega-Item COLA/Growth Restoration Bills Inch Toward the Governor
  • Wilson Starts Signing Budget Trailer Bills
  • Governor Signs Omnibus Education Trailer Bill -- More Than $400 Million Flows to Proposition 98
  • Governor Signs Budget Bill, Cuts Programs
Volume 18 No. 16
  • Ask SSC . . . Balancing the J-200SE for Phase I Equalization
  • Statistically Speaking . . . The Average Enrollment of California High Schools
  • California Supreme Court Upholds Right of JPAs to Issue Revenue Bonds Without Two-Thirds Vote
  • Live Scan -- Got Your Number?
  • 1998 SSC County Office Financial Projection Dartboard - State-Adopted Budget Edition
  • 1998 SSC School District Financial Projection Dartboard - State-Adopted Budget Edition
  • Class-Size Reduction in Grade 9 in Two Courses
  • Deferred Maintenance to Get $100 Million Boost
  • Staff Development Program Improvements Finalized -- First-Year Waiver Policy Made More Liberal
  • 3.95% COLA for Revenue Limits, 2.18% COLA for Everything Else
  • Legislature Passes $76.9 Billion State Budget -- Major Governor Vetoes Expected
Volume 18 No. 15
  • Ask SSC . . . Healthy Reserve Levels
  • Ask SSC . . . How Actual is Actual Attendance?
  • Ask SSC . . . CDE to Give Districts CSR Enrollment Tracking Option in 1998-99
  • Ask SSC . . . Deletion of 1997-98 CSR Audit Provisions Now Unlikely
  • Ask SSC . . . Sample Board Resolution on Pupil Textbooks and Instructional Materials'
  • Changes in State Budget Procedures Recommended
  • Cupertino’s Success Inc. Program Succeeds in Getting State Board Waiver
  • Audit Committees Enhance Internal Controls and Your Peace of Mind
  • Instructional Materials Dollars OK’d for English Immersion Materials
  • Fast Growth in Special Education Enrollments Continues
  • Compliance, Creativity and Defiance -- Hallmarks of Proposition 227 Implementation
  • California New Employee Registry Reporting Became Effective July 1, 1998
  • State Releases Disputed Scores
  • State Recovers Unused Class Size Reduction Dollars -- Up to $100 Million Available for CSR Facilities
  • Big 5 Tackles Staff Development Buyback -- Hybrid Program Taking Shape
  • Adoption of the State Budget Believed to be Close