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2001
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
December 21, 2001 Update
Legislative Analyst's Office--Addressing
The State's Fiscal Problem
[Posted 12/21/01]
The Time Has Come to Modify The Fifty
Percent Law [Posted 12/21/01]
CPEC Reports on Higher Education Facility
Needs [Posted 12/21/01]
Health and Dental Insurance Premiums to
Increase in 2002-03 [Posted 12/21/01]
Computation of Certificated Step and
Column Costs [Posted 12/21/01]
New Labor Laws [Posted
12/21/01]
Ask SSC . . . Are
Districts Required to Contribute to STRS for Some Part-Time Faculty? [Posted
12/21/01]
Ask SSC . . . Under
GASB 34, What Happens to Fund Accounting? [Posted
12/21/01]
By the Way . . . College
Officials Are Wary on Visa Enforcement--10 Arrested in San Diego [Posted
12/21/01]
By the Way . . . Teacher
Union Opposes Transportation Initiative [Posted
12/21/01]
By the Way . . . IRS
Mileage Reimbursement Rate Increases to $0.365 on January 1, 2002 [Posted
12/21/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
December 7, 2001 Update
Spare The Community Colleges [Posted
12-7-01]
School Bond is Now "November or
Bust" [Posted 12-7-01]
Board of Governors Adopt Legislative
Program For 2002 [Posted 12-7-01]
State Legislators Plan to Introduce
Legislation Dealing With Student Visas [Posted
12-7-01]
Analyses of March Propositions [Posted
12-7-01]
Ask SSC . . .
What is GASB 35? [Posted 12-7-01]
By the Way . . . Community College Enrollments Are Up [Posted
12-7-01]
By the Way . . . Community College Students Appointed to State Boards
and Commissions [Posted 12-7-01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
November 21, 2001 Update
LAO Forecasts $12.4 Billion State Budget
Problem--But Enough Proposition 98 Funding for Full 2.6% Statutory COLA in
2002-03 [Posted 11-14-01]
Governor Davis Proposes Mid-Year
Cuts--How Much Will Really Be Cut is Uncertain [Posted
11-15-01]
Interest Rates May Be Too Low To
Refinance [Posted 11-21-01]
Classified Custodial Staffing
Formulas--A Good Starting Point [Posted
11-21-01]
Ask SSC . . . When
Do I Really Need to Start Implementing for GASB 34?
[Posted 11-21-01]
Ask SSC . . . Is
GASB 34 a Mandated Cost Claim? [Posted
11-21-01]
Sheila Bua
Joins SSC Staff [Posted 11-19-01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
November 9, 2001 Update
Cuts This
Year? COLA Next Year? What's Likely to Happen--An Analysis and Commentary
[Posted 11/9/01]
Governor
May Impound Unexpended 2001-02 State Funds
[Posted 11/9/01]
Board
of Governors Seeks Authority to Determine State-Mandated Local Costs [Posted 11/9/01]
Ask
SSC ...
Do Classified Qualify for the 3% Formula? Was The PERS Employee Contribution
Rate Reduced? [Posted 11/9/01]
Ask
SSC ...
Are Administrators Eligible for Increased Retirement Benefits If They Return to
Work? [Posted 11/9/01]
Ask
SSC ...
Can A Retired Employee's Earnings Limitation Be Waived? [Posted 11/9/01]
By
the Way ... Chancellor's
Office Supports Fund for Student Senate [Posted 11/9/01]
Attachment
A... Community Colleges Score Big
With 55% General Obligation Bond Elections [Posted 11/9/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
October 26, 2001 Update
Department of Finance Returns Community
College Budget Change Proposals [Posted
10/26/01]
Budget Shortfall Increases to $13
Billion And Governor Freezes Hiring
[Posted 10/26/01]
New Employer Costs Attached to
Unemployment Insurance Benefit Increases--K-12 Agencies Protected--Community
College Are Not [Posted 10/26/01]
The Energy Controversy Continues to
be Front Page News [Posted 10/26/01]
Ask SSC . . . Use
of Short-Term Employees [Posted
10/26/01]
Ask SSC . . . Does
Sick Leave Count Toward the 40-Hour Work Week?
[Posted 10/26/01]
By the Way . . . Longer
Term Limits Initiative Qualifies For The March 2002 Ballot [Posted
10/26/01]
By the Way . . . Governor
Approves Employment Rights Legislation for Classified Staff [Posted
10/26/01]
By the Way . . . Agency
Shop Fees Clarified [Posted 10/26/01]
Chaptered and Vetoed--Part III
[Posted 11/1/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
October 12, 2001 Update
Governor Davis Restores $32 Million
to Community College Budget--Plus $14.9 Million for Capital Outlay Projects
[Posted 10/15/01]
Community College Budget
Restoration--SB 735 [Posted 10/12/01]
Delay in Sale of State Reimbursement
Bonds Compounds State Budget Worries [Posted
10/12/01]
2002-03 State Budget Looks Very Shaky,
but Proposition 98 Funding May Be Protected
[Posted 10/12/01]
Ask SSC . . .
Can Schools Be Hurt by State's Looming Fiscal Crisis?
[Posted 10/12/01]
Governor Announces 15% State Agency
Budget Planning Cuts and Moody's Considers Downgrade [Posted
10/12/01]
Minimal Benefit Year for STRS/PERS
Enhancements [Posted
10/12/01]
Prepare Carefully for Negotiations with
Bargaining Units [Posted 10/12/01]
Supreme Court to Consider School
Vouchers [Posted 10/12/01]
By the Way . . . Senator
Dianne Feinstein Drops Proposed Six-Month Moratorium on Student Visas
[Posted 10/12/01]
By the Way . . . Voters
Favor a Move to Ease Term Limits [Posted
10/12/01]
By the Way . . . State
Resources Agency Funds Poetry Readings [Posted
10/12/01]
Attachment A . . .
2001 Chaptered and Vetoed Legislation--Part II [Posted
10/12/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
September 28, 2001 Update
Supreme Court to Consider School
Vouchers [Posted 10/4/01]
2002-03 State Budget Look Very
Shaky, but Proposition 98 Funding May Be Protected [Posted
10/4/01]
Budget Restoration Update [Posted
9/28/01]
State Government Prepares for
Economic Slowdown [Posted 9/28/01]
Foreign Students May Be Turned Away
From California Colleges and Universities [Posted
9/28/01]
No Funding For University of
California's "Dual Admission Program"
[Posted 9/28/01]
Key PERS Legislation Becomes Two-Year
Bill [Posted 9/28/01]
Ask SSC . . . Gann Limit Calculations--When and Why [Posted
9/28/01]
Ask SSC . . . Should Forecasted COLAs in Future Year Be Reduced Due
to the Economic Impact of September 11? [Posted
9/28/01]
By the Way . . . No State Bond on the March 2002 Ballot [Posted
9/28/01]
By the Way . . . Workers' Compensation Benefit
Increases on Governor's Desk [Posted
9/28/01]
By the Way . . . Governor Davis Signs Cal Grant Legislation [Posted
9/28/01]
Attachment A . . . 2001 Chaptered and Vetoed Legislation--Part I
[Posted 9/28/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
September 14, 2001 Update
Community College Budget
Restoration Bill on Its Way To Governor Davis [Posted
9/17/01]
Higher Education Segments Unite
to Promote Bond [Posted 9/17/01]
California Community Colleges
2002-03 Budget Overview [Posted
9/17/01]
Assembly and Senate Appropriations
Committees--Suspense File [Posted
9/17/01]
Board of Governors Ignores Staff
Recommendations on Legislation
[Posted 9/17/01]
President Proclaims September 14
National Day of Prayer and Remembrance [Posted
9/17/01]
By the Way . . . Community
College Construction "Wrap-Up Insurance"
[Posted 9/17/01]
By the Way .
. . Appeals Court Rejects
Programs in Conflict with Proposition 209 [Posted
9/17/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
August 31, 2001 Update
Budget Restoration Update [Posted
8/31/01]
Education Organizations Advocate for
$27 Billion Bond [Posted 8/31/01]
Ask SSC . . . Cuts
in Proposition 98 Funding Won't Happen [Posted
8/31/01]
Ask SSC . . . What
Are the Timelines for Agency Fee Payroll Deduction?
[Posted 8/31/01]
Ask SSC . . . Could
Full-Time Teachers Earn More than 1.0 Year of Service Credit toward STRS under
AB 2700? [Posted 8/31/01]
Ask SSC . . . What
Are the Implementation Timelines for GASB 34?
[Posted 8/31/01]
Governmental Accounting Standard
Board Issues an Updated Statement for GASB 34
[Posted 8/31/01]
By the Way . . . Lots
of Money Available for Student Financial Aid [Posted
8/31/01]
By the Way . . . Local
Community College Trustees Could See an Increase in Compensation [Posted
8/31/01]
By the Way . . . Appropriations
Committee Deadlines to Be Extended
[Posted 8/31/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
July 27, 2001 Update
Governor Signs Budget--"Blue
Pencils" More Than $125 Million From California Community Colleges
[Posted 7/27/01]
State Budget Approved by
Legislature--Finally [Posted 7/25/01]
Assembly Passes Budget -- Impasse
Continues [Posted 7/20/01]
California State Revenues Continue to Slide
[Posted 7/20/01]
Senate Education Committee Takes Action
on Their "Suspense File"
[Posted 7/20/01]
"Labor Bills" Still Moving
Through the Legislature [Posted
7/20/01]
School Facilities Bond Gaining Momentum
[Posted 7/20/01]
Returning to Active Duty from
Retirement Can Pay Off Big Time [Posted
7/20/01]
Ask SSC . . . Can
CalPERS Retirees Return to Work and Achieve a Higher Retirement Benefit?
[Posted 7/20/01]
Ask SSC . . . Have
Other Districts Adopted the Cesar Chavez Holiday?
[Posted 7/20/01]
By the Way . . .
Access to Higher Education Act of 2001 [Posted
7/20/01]
By the Way . . . Another
Strong Year-End Finish for the Lottery! [Posted
7/20/01]
By the Way . . .
UC Regents Vote to Expand Provisional Admissions
[Posted 7/20/01]
Budget Update [Posted
7/12/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
July 6, 2001 Update
State Budget Stalemate Continues [Posted
7/6/01]
UCLA Economic Forecast Projects Deteriorating
California Economy
[Posted 7/6/01]
Part-Time Faculty Retirement
Legislation--Amended to Include Classified Staff [Posted
7/6/01]
Classified Senates Tossed a Bone [Posted
7/6/01]
Multi-Billion Dollar
Statewide Education Bond Measure Stands a Good Chance of Passing [Posted
7/6/01]
Ask SSC . . . When
Does AB 2700 Implementation Occur? [Posted
7/6/01]
By the Way . . . New
Withholding Tables for Wages Paid after June 30, 2001, Are Available [Posted
7/6/01]
By the Way . . . Assembly
Leadership Forecast [Posted 7/6/01]
By the Way . . . Flexible
Building Standards for Community Colleges
[Posted 7/6/01]
By the Way . . .
2000-01 Third Quarter Lottery Released [Posted
7/6/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
June 22, 2001 Update
Community College Budget Update
[Posted 6/26/01]
State Seeks To Build $3 Billion
Reserve--No Action on Community College Budget Yet [Posted
6/22/01]
Thirty-Two "New Start" Capital
Outlay Projects To Be Considered By Budget Conference Committee [Posted
6/22/01]
Ask SSC . . . 3.87%
COLA is a Certainty [Posted
6/22/01]
Faculty and Administrator Bills Approved
by Assembly Higher Education Committee [Posted
6/22/01]
Legislation To Provide Community College
Leadership Training is Gaining Support [Posted
6/22/01]
Fewer Students Receive Cal Grant Awards
[Posted 6/22/01]
Ask SSC . . . What
is a "Healthy Reserve Level"? [Posted
6/22/01]
By the Way . . . CASH
Poll Shows Voters Support School Bonds
[Posted 6/22/01]
By the Way . . . Community
College Administrator Salary Survey--High and Lows [Posted
6/22/01]
By the Way . . .
Governor Signs Community College Legislation Into Law
[Posted 6/22/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
June 8, 2001 Update
Senator Jack O'Connell Joins Conference
Committee on the State Budget
[Posted 6/8/01]
Budget Conference Committee Defers Action
on Community College Budget [Posted
6/8/01]
Public Utility Commission Releases Rates
[Posted 6/8/01]
Community Colleges are Preparing for A Long
Hot Summer: Energy Saving Efforts are in Full Swing as Districts Prepare for
Blackouts [Posted 6/8/01]
Top 10 Education Bills in the Legislature
[Posted 6/8/01]
University of California Admits Record
Number of Community College Transfer Students [Posted
6/8/01]
By the Way . . .
Good Day for Old-Fashioned School Bonds [Posted
6/8/01]
By the Way . . . New
Approach to Funding Credit and Noncredit Equalization
[Posted 6/8/01]
Attachment A . . . Workers' Compensation
Safety Groups [Posted 6/8/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
May 25, 2001 Update
May Revise Reflects Big State Budget
Drop [Posted 5/25/01]
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
Subcommittee #1 Finalizes Community College Budget [Posted
5/25/01]
Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on
Education Finance Augments Community College Budget
[Posted 5/25/01]
Budget Subcommittees Complete Work
Taking Into Account The Governor's May Revise [Posted
5/25/01]
State and Federal Legislation Seeks to
Legalize Immigrant Students
[Posted 5/25/01]
By the Way . . . U.C.
Supports Dual Admission [Posted
5/25/01]
By the Way . . . Shortage
of Presidents Worries Community Colleges
[Posted 5/25/01]
By the Way . . . Mandatory
Coverage of Social Security [Posted
5/25/01]
By the Way . . . It's
Official--O'Connell to Seek State Superintendent Post
[Posted 5/25/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
May 11, 2001 Update
Community Colleges Receive "Give
and Take" In May Revise [Posted
5/15/01]
Legislative Analysts Projects General Fund
Revenue Decline of $3.4 Billion Over Two Years
[Posted 5/11/01]
Senate Budget Subcommittee #1 Update
[Posted 5/11/01]
Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on
Education Finance Update [Posted 5/11/01]
Budget Trailer Bill for Education (SB
783) [Posted 5/11/01]
Legislative Update [Posted
5/11/01]
Pressure Mounts for Energy Cost Relief
for Schools [Posted 5/11/01]
Ask SSC . . . Are
There Risks to Online Access to Financial Systems?
[Posted 5/11/01]
By the Way . . . Partnership
for Excellence Report Submitted to the Legislature [Posted
5/11/01]
By the Way . . . Initiative
Proposed to Expand Proposition 209
[Posted 5/11/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
April 27, 2001 Update
Community Colleges Revise 2001-02 State
Budget Priorities [Posted 4/27/01]
Senate Budget Subcommittee #1 Takes Action
on Community College Budget [Posted
4/27/01]
Energy-Related Projects Bill Signed Into
Law [Posted 4/27/01]
Standard and Poor's
Cuts State's Bond Rating to A+ [Posted
4/27/01]
Ask SSC . . . Are
Agreements for Reduced Rates for Voluntary Interruptible Electricity and
Natural Gas Service Appropriate? [Posted
4/27/01]
Legislation Introduced to
Reduce the Use of Part-Time Faculty [Posted
4/27/01]
Senate Education Committee's Suspense File
[Posted 4/27/01]
By the Way . . . Largest
Ever Bond Measure Approved in Los Angeles
[Posted 4/27/01]
And You Thought You Lost in the Stock
Plunge [Posted 4/27/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
April 13, 2001 Update
An April Look at the May Revise--Stock
Market Protends Possible Negative Consequences [Posted
4/13/01]
PG&E Bankruptcy Declaration Will
Reverberate for Years [Posted 4/13/01]
Due Process for Part-Time Faculty [Posted
4/13/01]
Actions of the Senate Education Committee
[Posted 4/13/01]
Actions of the Assembly Public Employees,
Retirement & Social Security Committee [Posted
4/13/01]
2000-01 Second Quarter Lottery Apportioned
at $36.82 [Posted 4/13/01]
Ask SSC . . .
Which Minimum Wage Prevails--Federal or State?
[Posted 4/13/01]
By the Way . . .
Proposal to Reduce Lottery Revenue for Education
[Posted 4/13/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
March 30, 2001 Update
Energy: The State Budget and California's
Future [Posted 3/30/01]
Full-Time/Part-Time Faculty Pay Equity--A
Concept for Implementation Developed by the ACCCA Human Resources Commission
[Posted 3/30/01]
Interdistrict Faculty Pilot Project:
Chancellor's Office Timeline and Implementation Details [Posted
3/30/01]
Responsibility for Fraud Prevention and
Detection [Posted 3/30/01]
Supplemental Wage Taxes [Posted
3/30/01]
Californians View Higher Education as
Essential for Success [Posted 3/30/01]
By the Way . . . Senate
Education Committee Creates Suspense File
[Posted 3/30/01]
By the Way . . . Electricity
Crisis Beat Education as Number One Policy Issue in the Central Valley [Posted
3/30/01]
By the Way . . . Board
of Governors Wants Their Own Study on Part-Time Faculty [Posted
3/30/01]
By the Way . . . John
Gray Joins the SSC Team [Posted 3/30/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
March 16, 2001 Update
Board of Governors Supports Governor's
Proposed Community College Budget [Posted
3/16/01]
Energy Update [Posted
3/16/01]
How a District Budget is Much Like Your
Household Budget [Posted 3/16/01]
Proposed Retirement Legislation For
Part-Time Faculty Would Create Administrative Nightmare [Posted
3/16/01]
Legislation Introduced to Increase Funding
For Noncredit Education
[Posted 3/16/01]
The Infrastructure Cap--Should Demand be
Managed? [Posted 3/16/01]
By the Way . . . Assembly
Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education
[Posted 3/16/01]
By the Way . . . Board
of Governors Will Support a Bond Measure with Qualifications [Posted
3/16/01]
By the Way . . . Jack
Scott Named as Chair of Senate Higher Education Subcommittee [Posted
3/16/01]
By the Way . . . Not
All Californians Have Shared in the State's Recent Prosperity
[Posted 3/16/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
March 2, 2001 Update
LAO's Analysis of The Governor's Community
College Budget [Posted 3/5/01]
Highlights of Chancellor Tom Nussbaum's
Testimony Before Senate Budget Subcommittee #1 [Posted
3/2/01]
Senate Budget Subcommittee Hearing Dates
[Posted 3/2/01]
Partnership for Excellence Data Shows
Progress Towards Accomplishing Goals
[Posted 3/2/01]
Employee Legislation Dominates Bill
Introduction Deadline [Posted 3/2/01]
Legislation Introduced to Attack Nursing
Shortages [Posted 3/2/01]
Retirement Coalition Seeks to Provide
Additional Benefits for STRS Members [Posted
3/2/01]
Ask SSC . . . Rumor about COLA Being
Cut in Half False [Posted 3/2/01]
By the Way . . . Select Committee on
Community Colleges [Posted 3/2/01]
By the Way . . . Community College
Facts [Posted 3/2/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
February 16, 2001 Update
Ensuring
Student Success Statewide--An Equalization Proposal [Posted
2/16/01]
Does
California Have a Budget Surplus? [Posted
2/16/01]
STRS
and PERS 2001 Legislation [Posted 2/16/01]
Improving
Academic Preparation for Higher Education [Posted
2/16/01]
Board
of Governors Identify Its Priorities [Posted
2/16/01]
By
the Way . . . Anti-Tax Payer Group
Gives Up Plans to Overturn Proposition 39 [Posted
2/16/01]
By
the Way . . . Governor Davis
Appoints Another Member to the Board of Governors [Posted
2/16/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
February 2, 2001 Update
CPEC Finalizes AB 420 Study Recommendations [Posted 2/2/01]
Impact of California's Energy Crisis on Public
Education [Posted
2/2/01]
When Can a District Hold a 55% Bond Election? [Posted 2/2/01]
Legislative
Education and Budget Committee Membership
[Posted 2/2/01]
Ask SSC . . . Are Religious Objections to Agency
Fee Still Valid after the Adoption of SB 1960? [Posted 2/2/01]
By the Way . . . New Chiar of Assembly Budget
Subcommittee #2 has Education Experience [Posted 2/2/01]
By
the Way . . . Counsel Concludes Agency Fee Not
Self-Executing
[Posted 2/2/01]
By the Way . . . Washington State Makes Teacher
Bargaining Much Easier
[Posted
2/2/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
January 5, 2001 Update
Community Colleges Receive
$447.4 Million Augmentation
[Posted 1/11/01]
Governor Releases Budget
Detail [Posted
1/11/01]
Community College Organization's
Legislative Proposals for 2001
[Posted 1/5/01]
When is a State Mandate Not a
Reimbursable Mandate? [Posted
1/5/01]
Internal Revenue Service is Auditing
the Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes
[Posted 1/5/01]
Ask SSC . . . STRS Earning
Cap Clarification [Posted
1/5/01]
By the Way . . .
Legislature Returns to Sacramento
[Posted 1/5/01]
By the Way . . . Full-Time
Faculty Hires Triggered [Posted
1/5/01]
By the Way . . . IRS Mileage
Reimbursement Rate Increased to 34.5 Cents on January 1, 2001
[Posted 1/5/01]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
January 19, 2001 Update