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.

  • CARES Act Nutrition Reimbursement Tool Available Until September 11
  • New Lens, Same Framework for Schools
  • Legislature Passes Budget Cleanup Bill
  • Legislative Analyst Examines State’s Cash Position
  • CDPH Releases Guidance for Small Cohorts on School Sites
  • State Program Established to Help Charter Schools Survive Deferrals
  • By the Way . . . CalSTRS Fix to Paid Administrative Leave
  • Legislation Proposes Clarification on Video Use During Distance Learning
  • COVID-19 Liability Bill Does Not Receive a Hearing
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—August 27, 2020
  • Wildfires and Worker Health
  • New Coronavirus Testing and Travel Guidelines
  • Hierarchy of COVID-19 Funds
  • Education Budget Trailer Bill Changes Numerous Assessments
  • New FMLA Forms
  • Ask SSC . . . What Are the Requirements for the Transportation MOE?
  • Education Trailer Bill Proposes Changes, Big and Small
  • The Latest Proposal for Growth Funding: An SSC Editorial
  • Website Available for K–14 District Statewide TRANs
  • Appropriations Committees Take Up Suspense Files
  • DOF Releases August Finance Bulletin
  • When It Rains, It Pours—Fire-Related Instructional Time Loss
  • By the Way . . . CDE Releases 2020–21 Mandate Block Grant Application
  • Annual Employee Notices during COVID-19
  • How to Meet Independent Study Students' Needs in the COVID-19 Era
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—August 18, 2020
  • Federal Government Approves California’s Perkins V State Plan
  • By the Way . . . CDE Webinar on 2020–21 Instructional Time and Attendance Accounting.
  • LAO Releases Preliminary Analysis of California’s 2020–21 Spending Plan
  • Ask SSC . . . What about the Statewide TRANs?
  • Ask SSC . . . Do the Unaudited Actuals Have to Be Approved at a Regular Board Meeting?
  • CDPH Releases Elementary School Opening Waiver Process
  • Preparing Multiyear Financial Projections in the Current Environment
  • Congress Recesses Without a New COVID-19 Relief Package
  • Gann Limit Calculation Due Soon
  • Instructional Materials Public Hearing Requirements for 2020–21 School Year
  • How to NOT Lose Principal Apportionment Funding
  • Governor Confirms Minimum Wage Increase for 2021
  • Ask SSC . . . Can I Spend the One-Time Learning Loss Dollars on Special Education Without Affecting My MOE?
  • Critical and Extended Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—August 6, 2020
  • Court Decision Upholds an At-Large Election
  • ADA to Enrollment Percentages Reflect Modest Gains
  • Considerations for Closing the Books in 2019–20
  • New Millionaires Tax Introduced by the Legislature
  • CDE Addresses How LEAs Can Offer Traditional Independent Study Options in School Year 2020–21
  • CDE Releases the Learning Continuity Plan Template
  • Where Did She Go?
  • Current Tax Collections Beating (Lowered) Budget Expectations
  • By the Way . . . The CDE Uses Authority to Waive ASES Provisions
  • Legislature Returns from Summer Recess to a Reduced Workload
  • U.S. Faces Historic Economic Contraction While Federal Help Remains Uncertain
  • By the Way . . . Update on the Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate
  • SSC Fall Workshops . . . Coming Soon to a Computer Near You!
  • Holding on to Hope—and People
  • Ask SSC . . . Are the Learning Loss Mitigation Funds Restricted to the Student Populations That Generate Those Funds?
  • Hold Harmless Does Not Translate to Flat Funding
  • CDE Hosts Webinar on the Learning Continuity Plan Template
  • By the Way . . . CDE Posts First Round of FAQs for Distance Learning
  • By the Way . . . CDE Posts Learning Loss Mitigation Entitlements
  • By the Way . . . CDE Hosting Webinar on Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan
  • DOF Releases July Finance Bulletin
  • Equitable Services Requirement Applies to Certain CARES Act Funds
  • By the Way . . . Learning Loss Mitigation Funding Application Released
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—July 23, 2020
  • Ask SSC . . . Can LEAs in Counties on the COVID-19 Watch List Apply for a Waiver?
  • Tax Receipts Exceed Lowered Expectations, So Far
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the RRMA Flexibility?
  • 2019–20 Second Interim Report Negative and Qualified Certifications
  • Updated CalPERS Estimated Employer Contribution Rates
  • The 2020–21 State Budget and Charter Schools—Part 2
  • SBE Discusses Learning Continuity Plan and Approves Arts and Languages Frameworks
  • Cash Deferrals and Apportionment Schedules
  • Governor Newsom Issues School Reopening Guidance
  • By the Way . . . COVID-19 Resources Table Updated
  • The 2020–21 State Budget and Charter Schools—Part 1
  • It’s Time for the 45-Day Budget Revision
  • Senate Democrats Introduce $430 Billion COVID-19 Education Relief Bill
  • Announcing a New Cash Borrowing Resource
  • CalPERS Board Approves 2021 CalPERS Health Plan Premiums
  • Ask SSC . . . How Does the New Special Education Funding Formula Work?
  • By the Way . . . Learning Loss Mitigation Resource Codes Now Available
  • SSC Dartboard for 2020–21 Adopted State Budget Now Available
  • 2020 School Finance and Management Conference Themes
  • Legislature Postpones Return to July 27
  • Certification of Unused Sites
  • By the Way . . . Draft Template of the Learning Continuity Plan Available Soon
  • A Conversation with Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi—Video
  • New Proportionality Requirement in State Budget
  • Ask SSC . . . What Will the ASES Rates Be for 2020–21?
  • Employer Health Care Costs Projected to Rise as High as 10% in 2021
  • Two November Initiatives Would Affect Education Funding
  • By the Way . . . CDE Releases SACS Software for 2019–20 Unaudited Actuals and 2020–21 Interim Reporting
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—July 9, 2020
  • When One Door Closes, a Window Doesn’t Always Open: An SSC Editorial on Certificated and Classified Layoff Prohibitions
  • DOF Releases June Finance Bulletin
  • Ask SSC . . . Should We Consider an Early Retirement Incentive?
  • Face Masks and Coverings
  • California in Need of Assistance in Implementation of IDEA
  • Governor Newsom Rounds Out SBE Membership with Three Appointments
  • By the Way . . . COVID-19 School Closure Certification Now Available
  • COVID-19 Resources for LEAs Summarized
  • Bill to Provide LEAs COVID-19 Liability Protections
  • California Continues Minimum Wage Increase in 2021
  • CDE Releases Lottery Rates for 2019–20 Accruals and 2020–21 Revenue Projections
  • Ask SSC . . . Are There Any Changes to Supplemental and Concentration Grant Carryover?
  • Classified Employee Layoff Restrictions—Legislative Clarification
  • School Police Reform in the Enacted State Budget
  • Ask SSC . . . When Can My District Offer Distance Learning?
  • Governor Newsom Signs 2020–21 State Budget Package into Law
  • State Budget Deal Provides Flexibilities for the ASES Program
  • By the Way . . . USDA Approves Waiver and Waiver Extensions for Fall
  • Changes to Interfund Borrowing in the 2020–21 State Budget Deal
  • Cash Deferrals and Budget Deferrals
  • CalPERS and CalSTRS Employer Contribution Rates
  • Announcing a New Webinar: HR Essentials—COVID-19
  • Video: Highlights of the 2020–21 State Budget
  • 2020–21 Budget Appropriates $45 Million to the Community Schools Partnership Program
  • Governor Newsom Declares Budget Emergency to Free up BSA Funds
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—June 25, 2020
  • 2019–20 Second Principal Apportionment Certified
  • By the Way . . . Deferrals 101—The Podcast
  • 2020–21 State Education Budget Details Emerge
  • By the Way . . . OPSC Electronic Submissions
  • By the Way… ESSER Application Now Available
  • By the Way . . . Governor Newsom and Legislative Leaders Reach Deal on 2020–21 State Budget
  • Governor Newsom Signs Bill Codifying Vote-by-Mail Executive Order
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Takes Up Suspense File
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Book the P-2 Cash Deferral as Revenue This Year?
  • By the Way . . . Submit Your Proposition 39 Annual Progress Report
  • Reminder: SSC’s 2020 School Finance and Management Conference
  • Ask SSC . . . What Are the Different CARES Act Funds That Are Available for K–12 Education?
  • By the Way . . . Calling All Retired CBOs and HR Officers!
  • Legislature Approves 2020–21 State Budget Act Despite No Deal
  • Submit Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate Claims Electronically
  • Ask SSC . . . Does Executive Order N-46-20 Exempt LEAs from Having to Pay Sales Tax on PPE Materials?
  • Public Comment Period Opens for Harassment Prevention Training Regulations
  • Conducting Virtual IEPs
  • Legislature to Adopt Budget on Monday Despite No Deal with the Governor
  • A Conversation with Senator Roth: 2020–21 State Budget—Video
  • PPIC Survey Finds Support for Governor Newsom, but Opposition to May Revision
  • An Interview with Moody’s
  • HSA Parameters Announced for 2021
  • Assembly Appropriations Committee Takes Up Suspense File
  • Legislative Committees Vet Split-Roll Initiative
  • Additional Details of the 2020–21 Legislative Budget Plan
  • Legislative Budget Deal Makes Changes to LCFF Carryover Funding
  • Legislative Budget Deal on CARES Act Funds
  • By the Way . . . 2019–20 Consolidated Application Reopened for Changes
  • The Certificated Second Layoff Window—Video
  • Legislature Reaches Agreement on 2020–21 State Budget
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—June 3, 2020
  • Assembly Bill Would Raise Revenue for Schools and Local Governments
  • Ask SSC . . . How Would the Proposed Cut to the ASES Program Be Implemented?