June 2006 Volume 19 No. 14 Governor Signs Budget and “Blue Pencils” Faculty Benefits By the Way . . . SB 1465 Makes Technical Changes Affecting Part-Time Community College Members By the Way . . . New Board of Governors Members New Local Bond Requirements Proposed for Community Colleges Budget Conference Committee Approves Community College Budget Package Passage of SB 361 Crucial to Items in the Community College Budget Assembly Higher Education Committee Takes Action on Community College Legislation By the Way . . . PERS Board Approves 2007 Rate Package Ask SSC . . . Do Employees Out on Workers’ Compensation Accrue Vacation and Sick Leave While They Are Out? UCLA Forecasters Predict Slowing Economy Options for Addressing Other Postemployment Benefits Surprise, Surprise! Legislature Misses Constitutional Deadline for Adopting State Budget
June 2006 Volume 19 No. 13 By the Way . . . PERS Rate Update “Dead” Bills—Maybe SB 361 Update By the Way . . . Workers’ Compensation Rate Cut 10% Ask SSC . . . Are Collective Bargaining Impasses Going Up? Ask SSC . . . What Happens When We Compact Our Teachers’ Salary Schedule? Ask SSC . . . Are Mandate Dollars Certain Enough to Be Budgeted? School Districts File Suit on State Controller for Mandate Audits Commission on State Mandates Eliminates Funding for Mandate Reimbursement Process State Budget Conference Committee Hearings Underway Local Bonds Did Not Fare Well in the June Primary November School Bond Appeals to Voters
May 2006 Volume 19 No. 12 By the Way . . . CalSTRS Board Members Seek Confirmation From Senate Rules Committee Assembly Appropriations Committee Takes Action On “Suspense” File Senate Appropriations Committee Takes Action On “Suspense” File Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 Takes Final Action on Community College Proposed Budget for 2006-07 Senate Budget Subcommittee #1 Takes Final Action on Community College Proposed Budget for 2006-07 By the Way . . . Public Financial Support for Education on the Decline California’s Credit Rating Raised LAO’s Review of the May Revise Indicates that State Budget Shortfalls Will Persist