September 2004 Volume 17 No. 18 By the Way . . . Higher Education Report Card By the Way . . . New Chairs of the Assembly Budget Committee and Subcommittee #2 on Education PPIC Reports on Community College Academic Programs Proposition 68—Non-Tribal Gaming Expansion—and K-14 Education Eleven Community College Bond Measures on the November Ballot Community College System Rejects California Performance Review Recommendations Update: Bills on the Governor’s Desk Bills Recently Acted Upon by the Governor Board of Governors Adopts 2005-06 System Budget Ask SSC . . . What Is the Definition of a “Gift of Public Funds”? Ask SSC . . . If SB 2 Is Not Repealed, What Will Our District Need to Do? Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 45 California Performance Review Comments on Mandates
September 2004 Volume 17 No. 17 Ask SSC . . . Can I Book Mandated Cost Money as an Accrual? Ask SSC . . . What Percentage of the Budget Goes to K-14 Education? Legislative Analyst’s Office Raises Concerns About the Governor’s California Performance Review Report Update on Federal Legislation to Revise Social Security Benefits Master Plan Legislation Contains Administrator Retreat Rights Provisions The 2004 Legislative Session Comes to an End—Key Community College Legislation on the Governor’s Desk Chancellor’s Office Makes Deal with the Governor’s Office Regarding Partnership for Excellence Funds Ask SSC . . . What Is the COLA Intended to Do? Ask SSC . . . Does a “Yes” Vote on Proposition 72 Repeal SB 2? Redevelopment Agency Pass-Through Fix Sent to Governor
August 2004 Volume 17 No. 16 By the Way . . . Contracting Out—Dead Issue for This Year By the Way . . . Voters Don’t Like Idea of Eliminating Community College Board California Performance Review as Related to California Community Colleges Conference Committee on Master Plan for Education Senate and Assembly Appropriation Committees Take Action on the “Suspense File” Good News: Some Mandate Funding in State Budget for 2004-05 GASB 45—Major Financial Impact on K-14 District Finances By the Way . . . Field Poll: Keep Legislature Full Time By the Way . . . PERS Risk Pool Regulations to Be Completed by End of October Mandate Reform Bill Clears Committee New Fiscal Year Begins with Revenues on Target