August 2003 Volume 16 No. 16 By the Way . . . State Supreme Court will not Stop Recall Vote By the Way . . . Governor Vetoes Field Act Legislation—Again Ask SSSC . . . Can Districts Improve Their Financial Position by Using Cash Basis Accounting? Ask SSC . . . Now That We Have a State Budget, When Do We Get Our Money? Title 5 Regulations—Full-Time Faculty Hiring Obligation Legislature Returns on August 18 to Complete 2003 Session Proposition 98—What Can Community Colleges and K-14 Education Expect? Expect Mid-Year Cuts—New State Budget Gives Governor New Authority To Reduce Budgets Governor Signs State Budget New Financial Projection Dartboard Available By the Way . . . Legislative End Run Continues Classic Labor-Management Battle over Binding Arbitration Finally—A Budget
July 2003 Volume 16 No. 15 By the Way . . . Racial Privacy Initiative Opposed Late State Budgets Spur a Surplus of Initiatives The Recall . . . Questions and Answers Senator Jack Scott Introduces Legislation As An Alternative to SB 6 Day 25—Are We Any Closer to A State Budget Being Adopted? By the Way . . . Is Anybody Facing a Cash Shortage? Assembly Special Committee on State Mandates To Consider Education Mandates on July 28 What Is the Status of Golden Handshake Legislation? Are California’s Fiscal Ailments Contagious? State Superintendent O’Connell to Seek Petition to Force Budget Resolution Senate Budget Deal Would Spare Education from Further Cuts
July 2003 Volume 16 No. 14 By the Way . . . Recall Supporters May Have Enough Signatures By the Way . . . Voters Support Raising Taxes for Schools The Requirement to Book the Full Current Liability for Postemployment Health Benefits Is On Its Way Senate Education Committee Takes Action on Legislation Affecting Community Colleges Concurrent Enrollment Legislation Amended and Approved by Assembly Higher Education and K-12 Education Committees Community College Stabilization Funding Reduced From Three Years to One Ask SSC . . . Will School Employees’ Wages Drop to Minimum Wage in August without a State Budget? Governor Appoints New Member to Commission on State Mandates STRS Sues to Get Back State Contribution 2002-03 Third Quarter Lottery Apportionment A Third Round of Mid-Year Cuts Approved Under Deadline Day 10 Budget Update