March 2004 Volume 17 No. 6 Attorney General to Issue Opinion on the use of District Funds for Bond Measures - 3/26/04 March in March 2004 Doesn’t Have the Same Punch as the March in 2003 Senate Budget Subcommittee #1 Takes First Action on Community College Budget By the Way . . . Repeal of SB 2 Qualifies for November 4, 2004, Ballot By the Way . . . Simitian Remains Chair of Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education Ask SSC . . . Could We Do a “Salary Deferral” In Lieu of a Salary Increase? Ask SSC . . . Is the Board’s Goal of Maintaining a 9% to 10% Reserve Level Reasonable? State’s Employment Picture Brightens Questions and Answers on Early Retirement Plans Legislative Analyst Anticipates Higher COLA for 2004-05
March 2004 Volume 17 No. 5 By the Way . . . Chancellor Elected to California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors By the Way . . . Finance Director Gets Approval of Rules Committee By the Way . . . March in March Proposition 55 Passes in a Close One! And March 2 Big Day for Local College Bonds Community Colleges May be Authorized to Establish K-12 Charter Schools Legislature May Approve Changes to the “Field Act” Legislation Introduced to Repeal “Contracting-Out” Prohibitions Post-Election 2004-05 Dartboard Election Recap AB 1207 State Teachers’ Retirement System Cost Savings Analysis Cities Sue the State to Block Deficit Bond Repayment Scheme Schwarzenegger’s Star Continues to Brighten
February 2004 Volume 17 No. 4 By the Way . . . Property Tax Revenues and Student Enrollment Fees Are Down Chancellor Mark Drummond Outlines His Priorities Collective Bargaining Management Advisory They Just Will Not Stop—More Than 4,000 Bills Introduced Legislative Analyst’s Office Reviews the Community College Budget as Proposed by the Governor and Makes Recommendations By the Way . . . Attorney General Addresses Conflict of Interest Provisions Ask SSC . . . Where is the GASB Pronouncement on Post-Retirement Benefits? Ask SSC . . . Can We Charge the Cost of an Early Retirement Incentive to the Categorical Program? “Yellow Book” Revised Positive Poll on Proposition 57 February Cash Flow Makes Up for January Sales Tax Shortfall Bad News for Governor’s Budget—U.S. High Court Rejects California’s Corporation Tax Provision Legislative Analyst Forecasts $1 Billion Less Revenue than the Administration