April 2011 Volume 24 No. 8 Alternative Budget Scenario for Education 2011 Federal Budget Adopted; 2012 Up Next Budget Update . . . Tax Extensions Still on the Table State Controller Weighs In on Revenues A Plethora of Public Pension Reform Proposals Federal Budget Deal Maintains Maximum Pell Grant Award for 2010-11 Ask SSC . . . How Can We Borrow Cash Across Year-End? Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Studies the Issue of Timeliness Good News: Dependent Health Care Tax Law Conformity at Last No June Election—When Will We Know What to Plan For?
April 2011 Volume 24 No. 7 Streamlining Nursing Education Pathways Governor Issues Pension Reform Proposal A New Budget Solution: Skip a Year Ask SSC . . . What's the Latest on Cash Deferrals? Budget Negotiations Suspended It’s not too Late to Consider an Early Retirement Incentive Offering Is It Time to Revise the SSC Dartboard? An Editorial by SSC Staff Governor Signs $11.2 Billion in Budget Solutions—Budget Remains $12.6 Billion Out of Balance Governor Signs $14 Billion in Reductions—Budget Remains $12.6 Billion Out of Balance Revenues Drop in February 2011-12 Budget Act Passed—Still Work to Be Done
March 2011 Volume 24 No. 6 By the Way . . . Chancellor’s Office Launches New Website By the Way . . . PERS Keeps Forecast Steady More than a Drill, But Less than a Deal By the Way . . . STRS Proposed Penalty and Interest Regulations Available for Written Comment By the Way . . . “Oil Extraction Fee to Rescue Education” Ballot Initiative Submitted By the Way . . . Budget Vote Scheduled for Wednesday, March 16, 2011 State Budget Update—March 11, 2011 Video UCLA Economists Say We’re “On the Mend” By the Way . . . Board of Governors' Goals for 2011 Movement in Negotiations? March 2011 Board of Governors: Prerequisite Policies, EEO Regulations, and FON Exemption Court Rules Mandate Deferrals Unconstitutional March Board of Governors: Governor Visit, Allocation Timing, and Capitol Outlay Little Hoover Commission's Proposals for Pension Reform Ask SSC . . . What’s Next If the Taxes Aren’t Placed on the Ballot? Impasse By the Way . . . Task Force on Student Success Expands Website Classified Layoffs Loom