June 1999 Volume 12 No. 13 Elementary Age School Students Attending Community Colleges Raise Concerns Capital Facility Fees May Increase for Community Colleges On-Time State Budget Not a Win for California Community Colleges 1999-2000 State Budget and Trailer Bills Move to Governor By the Way . . . Rick Simpson Departs Governor's Office, Heads Back to Assembly Speaker's Office By the Way . . . Californians Support Higher Taxes to Help Schools FEMA Proposes New Insurance Requirements for Public Assistance Programs STRS and PERS Surplus Spawns Numerous Retirement Bills
June 1999 Volume 12 No. 12 By the Way . . . Equalization Funding Bill Deletes $35 Million Part-Time Faculty Pay and Benefits Subject to 1999 State Budget Act Budget Conference Committee Takes Final Actions on Community College Budget Community College Budget Augmented by the Conference Committee By the Way . . . PERS Confirms 1999-00 School Employer Contribution Rate Mandatory Social Security Appears Dead Budget Dancers Struggle with New Conductor – A New Era
May 1999 Volume 12 No. 11 Ask SSC . . . Are School Employers Mandated to Offer the STRS Cash Balance Plan? Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees Rule on Fiscal Bills Conference Committee on the Budget Convenes Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees Augment Community College Budget By the Way . . . Initiative Petitions for Simple Majority for Local School Bond Available