May 2003 Volume 16 No. 10 PERS School Employer Rate Increases to 10.42% April State Tax Collections: Down, but Not That Much Governor’s 2003-04 Budget—May Revision: Cuts to Community Colleges Reduced
May 2003 Volume 16 No. 9 By the Way . . . Californians Expect Tax Increase What’s Happening to Key Bills Affecting Community Colleges? Concurrent Enrollment “Audit” Update Apportionment Deferrals: To Accrue or Not to Accrue? Legislators to Review the Community College Funding Mechanism The “Budget Accountability Act” Could Mean No More Late State Budgets Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 Reviews Community College Budget Golden Handshake Bills Continue to Move through Legislature By the Way . . . California’s Bond Debt has High Cost Ask SSC . . . What is the Fiscal Impact of AB 626 Regarding the Use of 15-Passenger Vans Ask SSC . . . Who are Confidential Employees? Ask SSC . . . Do We Need to Make a STRS Deduction from a One-Time “Off-the-Schedule” Salary Payment? Low-Interest Loans Now Available for Energy Efficiency Projects Assembly Republicans Come to the Budget Table—Release Alternative Budget Proposal 2002-03 Proposition 98 Funding Being Cut Again through Deferrals and Reappropriations
April 2003 Volume 16 No. 8 By the Way . . . Governor Appoints Three Board of Governors Members Ask SSC . . . How is Funding Affected by Declining Enrollment? Differential Fee to Be Dropped From Proposed Student Fee Bill It’s Spring—The Legislature Takes s Week Off as Budget Impasse Continues By the Way . . . Republican Party Opposes Statewide School Bond Ask SSC . . . Will the 2003-04 PERS Rate Be 9.5%? AB 1051 Clarifies Additional Charges from Public Utility Companies STRS Retirement Gets Boost from Assembly Bills