Workshops

Subject-Based workshops

Summer 2025

Student Attendance and Instructional Time Online Roundtables

School Services of California Inc. is presenting roundtables on student attendance and instructional time. Each roundtable will be an hour and a half and feature . . .

August 26, 2025

LCFF 101—For Beginners

The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is the largest source of unrestricted revenue for most local educational agencies (LEAs). Despite proposed modest increases to LCFF funding, most school agencies are facing . . .

September 9, 2025

Advanced Collective Bargaining

As California TK-12 local educational agencies head into the 2025-26 school year, the collective bargaining landscape is becoming increasingly complex. While historic funding increases and one-time dollars fueled . . .

September 16, 2025

Attendance Accounting and Instructional Time

California law requires all children to attend school and bases the Local Control Funding Formula—the largest source of funding available to local educational agencies—primarily on . . .

September 23, 2025

Effective Supervision and Evaluation

Effective employee supervision and evaluation are more important than ever as California school districts face increasing accountability pressures and the need to support staff in a dynamic . . .

October 7, 2025

Unraveling the Mystery of School Finance

This webinar explores the complexities of school finance and the interconnectedness of educational program development. The program’s content is intentionally presented to . . .

October 21, 2025

Position Control—The Fundamentals

Position control is a set of procedures which manages personnel expenditures and is of the highest importance in a local educational agency’s ability to maintain fiscal accountability. A functioning position control system operates with . . .

November 4, 2025

Declining Enrollment—Operational Strategies

Statewide enrollment trends continue to experience decreases in enrollment. Since 2012-13, the state has experienced a loss of over 390,000 (roughly 6.0%) students. If current trends hold over the next ten years, further decline of almost . . .

December 2, 2025

Planning for Reductions in Force

As local educational agencies (LEAs) navigate the 2025-26 planning cycle, a perfect storm of challenges looms. Declining enrollment and attendance continue to erode revenue, while the expiration of one-time pandemic relief funds and . . .

December 9, 2025

LCAP—From Accountability to Compliance

The 2026-27 Local Control and Accountability Plan is the last year of the most recent three-year cycle. We are still waiting for final decisions as part of the 2025-26 State Budget negotiations to determine whether . . .

Online workshops

School Finance Conference (2025)

As the Legislature digests Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised state General Fund estimates that includes an unanticipated $12 billion deficit and corresponding budget proposals for the 2025-26 fiscal year, final negotiations between them will most certainly impact TK-12 and community college districts as . . .

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Special Education—Both Sides of the Equation (2025)

To provide high-quality, compliant special education programs that support the needs of students with disabilities, General Fund contributions towards . . .

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Fiscal Solvency for School Districts (2020)

School Services of California, Inc. and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Team (FCMAT) have teamed up to provide a free online workshop on fiscal solvency.

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