February 2015 Volume 28 No. 4 January Revenues Outpace Forecast Guest Article: Implementation of GASB Pension Accounting Changes for School Employers Ask SSC . . . One-Time Discretionary Funds and State Mandate Claims Reimbursements California Career-Technical Education Incentive Grant Program Assembly Education Committee Holds First Hearing of the Legislative Session—Focuses on School Facilities Ask SSC . . . How Do We Charge Our Programs for Other Postemployment Benefits? By the Way . . . Budget Trailer Bill Language Proposes Funding Backfills Legislative Analyst's Office Reports on Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act New Requirements for School Districts Under the Healthy Schools Act
February 2015 Volume 28 No. 3 Jeff Bell Appointed as Education Program Budget Manager at Department of Finance The President's Proposed Budget and Education New Poll Finds Californians Upbeat About Their Leaders Ask SSC . . . What Is the New Requirement For Management When Unions Demand to Bargain? Ask SSC . . . Is This the Final Year for the QEIA? Annual Student Success Scorecard Shows Progress Ask SSC . . . What Are Maintenance Factor Payments Being Used for? Ask SSC . . . Questions About Implications of the New Contractor Registration Program (SB 854) The LAO Analysis of School District Reserves By the Way . . . CDIAC Offers Two Seminars
January 2015 Volume 28 No. 2 By the Way . . . President Obama Highlights Free Community College Proposal in State of the Union LAO Recommends Repealing the School District Reserve Cap By the Way . . . State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Appoints Nick Schweizer as Fiscal Deputy Superintendent Facilities Bond Initiative for the November 2016 Ballot Two Bills to Place an Education Facilities Bond Measure on the November 2016 Ballot Have Been Introduced Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Programs Initially Approved Cap on School District Reserves May Be Triggered Sooner Than We Think 2015-16 Governor’s Budget Dartboard Now Available Themes for 2015-16 Governor’s State Budget Legislative Analyst’s Office View of Governor’s Budget Governor’s Proposals for the 2015-16 State Budget and Education Governor Releases Budget Proposals for 2015-16 President Proposes Two Years of Free Community College