December 18, 2015 Volume 35 No. 25 By the Way . . . SSC’s 2015 Winter Holiday Schedule Congressional Spending and Tax Cut Plan Includes Two-Year Delay in “Cadillac Tax” Department of Finance Confirms Year-to-Date Revenues Above Forecast Payroll and Benefit Parameters for 2016 State Controller Reports November Revenues Outpace Estimate Ask SSC . . . Concerns About the Minimum Wage and ACA on Lower Paid Positions New or Modified Laws Affecting Human Resources Effective January 1, 2016 Votes Split on Extending Proposition 30 New Proposal to Extend Proposition 30 Submitted Guest Article: Salary Overpayment: What Recovery Options Exist for School Districts and Community Colleges? UCLA Forecasters Say U.S. Economy Reaching “Full Employment” Ask SSC . . . Can Board Members Hire Their Spouses?
November 25, 2015 Volume 35 No. 24 A Path to Building Healthier Green" Schools" Ask SSC . . . Can a Board Member Have a Spouse Who Is a District Employee? Legislative Analyst’s Office Forecasts Growing Surpluses, But . . . Californians Acknowledge Critical K-12 Teacher Shortage in Recent Field Poll Summary of Board of Governors' Actions October State Revenues Outperform Forecast
November 13, 2015 Volume 35 No. 23 State Controller’s Report Shows Robust Revenues for October Proposition 98 Reserve Provides Little Protection, Even in the Best of Times Why We Celebrate Veterans Day at School Services of California, Inc. Update on Associate Degrees for Transfer Ask SSC . . . Are the CalSTRS Refunds Due to Reporting Errors? Action-Packed Board of Governors' Agenda Local School Bonds Pass in Record Numbers Deal Reached Among Proponents in Effort to Extend Proposition 30 By the Way . . . LAO Publishes Analysis of “The School Funding and Budget Stability Act of 2016”