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 36 No. 3
  • AB 375 Adds New Sick Leave Benefits for Child Bonding Leave
  • January Revenues Fall Below Estimates According to State Controller
  • Maximizing ADA Through Calendar Development
  • Ask SSC . . . Can Capital Outlay Project Expenditures Be Multifunded?
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—2/9/16
  • Department of Finance Releases Details on Governor’s Budget
  • By the Way . . . Controller Yee Makes an Appointment to the Proposition 39 Clean Energy Jobs Act Oversight Board
  • Title and Summary Issued for Successor to Proposition 30
  • LAO Analyzes CalSTRS Funding Plan
  • By the Way . . . CDE Releases Electronic LCAP Template
  • Attorney General Releases Opinion Regarding School and Community College Districts and the Financing of Local Bond Campaigns
  • By the Way . . . Expanded Transitional Kindergarten Cost-Benefit Calculator Now Available
  • Early Education Block Grant—Input Opportunities
  • Ask SSC . . . Has the Developer Fee Rate Changed in 2016?
  • Annual Adjustment to School Facility Program Grants
  • Capital Appreciation Bond Restructuring Program Saves Taxpayers Millions
  • Commission on State Mandates Recognizes Online Testing Costs
  • The Local Decision-Making Quandary—A Three Part Series
Volume 36 No. 2
  • By the Way . . . The Department of Industrial Relations Temporarily Suspends Enforcement of Online eCPR Requirement
  • By the Way . . . Policy Considerations for California Following the 2014 Reversal of the Medicaid “Free Care Rule”
  • State’s Unfunded Liability for Retiree Healthcare Increases
  • First Quarter Lottery Apportionment for 2015-16
  • Ask SSC . . . What Years Are Covered for Reimbursement of the Pertussis Mandate if We Use the Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology?
  • By the Way . . . Reminder: Expanded TK Cost-Benefit Webinar Tomorrow
  • The Proportionality Conundrum
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—1/25/16
  • Ask SSC . . Help! ASOP 6 Significantly Increased My Liability for Postemployment Benefits. Does This Apply to Me?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is Included in the Governor’s 2015-16 Per-ADA Figure?
  • By the Way . . . California Students Served Through Special Education up From 2008 Starting in Preschool
  • Got Flu?
  • Governor Brown’s 2016 State of the State Address
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Spend Our Educator Effectiveness Block Grant Funds on Classified Employees?
  • See You at the 2016 ACSA Superintendents’ Symposium!
  • By the Way . . . Webinar Announced to Unveil SSC's Expanded TK Cost-Benefit Calculator
  • By the Way . . . Appeals Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Vergara
  • How Do You Compare?
Volume 36 No. 1
  • 2016-17 Governor’s Budget Dartboard Now Available
  • Legislative Analyst’s Office Endorses Higher State Reserves
  • By the Way . . . Assembly Member Anthony Rendon Officially Elected Next Speaker of the California Assembly
  • Proposition 30 Extension Fatal Flaw" Removed"
  • Themes for 2016-17 Governor’s Budget Workshop
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—1/11/16
  • By the Way . . . Final Expenditure Report for Educator Effectiveness Released
  • Ask SSC . . . Why Did the Statutory Cost-of-Living Adjustment Go Down So Much?
  • By the Way . . . State Schools Chief Torlakson Appoints Division Directors to Help Districts Implement New Academic Standards and New Funding System
  • Charter School Facility Grant Program Special Funding Round Now Open
  • Governor’s Proposals for the 2016-17 State Budget and Education
  • By the Way . . . U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Union Fees Case
  • DOF Updates Out-Year LCFF Gap Closure Percentages
  • Initial Impressions From the Governor’s 2016-17 State Budget Proposal
  • By the Way . . . LAO Posts New Information on Adult Education Block Grant
  • Welcome to 2016! An Editorial by Ron Bennett
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the Role of the Fiscal Director or CBO in the Maintenance of Effort for Special Education?
  • Bid Limit Increase Effective January 1, 2016
  • IRS Allows More Time for New ACA Reporting
  • By the Way . . . SSC’s 2015 Winter Holiday Schedule
  • Sacramento Morning Session for the 2016 Governor’s Budget Workshop Is Full