February 2010 Volume 23 No. 4 Update on Implementation of Alternative Cal Grant Delivery System LAO Recommends Fee Increase and Other Community College Budget Changes Proponents Will Not Go Forward with Initiative to Reduce Retirement Benefits Assembly Passes Deferral Bill; Further Cleanup Legislation is Expected By the Way . . . Annual Audit Arrangements are Due May 15, 2010 By the Way . . . Bonnie Reiss Appointed Secretary of Education Additional Community College Deferrals Proposed January Revenues Exceed Forecast, But . . .
February 2010 Volume 23 No. 3 By the Way . . . Unfunded Obligation for State Retiree Health Benefits Increases Legislative Analyst's Office Releases Its Review of the Lottery Initiative By the Way . . . Open Textbook Source Now Open for Community Colleges PERS Hosts Dialogue on California's Public Pensions District Health Benefits Survey Results Released The Master Plan for Higher Education: Universal Access Special Session Proposals Affecting Community Colleges Heard Appropriateness of STRS' Investment Return Assumption Ask SSC . . . Can You Explain The ACCJC Sanctions? By the Way . . . New Board of Governors Appointee Takes Office Legislative Analyst Says Mandate System Is Broken By the Way . . . Glen Thomas Resigns as Secretary of Education
January 2010 Volume 23 No. 2 Ask SSC . . . What Are The Economics Here? Ask SSC . . . What's The Latest on PERS and STRS? Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee Meetings Are Not Subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act Coordinating Higher Education in California Enhancing the Accreditation Process STRS to Consider Increasing Contribution Rates Our Negotiating Commitment Higher Education Won't See Gush of New Tax Revenue California Job Losses Continue State Controller Warns of Cash Shortfall Certificated Step and Column Freezes""