September 2005 Volume 18 No. 19 By the Way . . . Chancellor’s Office Has New Staff for Federal Governmental Relations By the Way . . . Legislative Committee Rejects Request to Review Bond Sale Process Ask SSC . . . Can You Explain the Gann Limit Calculation - 9/16/05 Career Technical Education Funds Likely to Be Restored Legislation Sent to Governor to Assist Students Displaced By Hurricane Katrina By the Way . . . Director of Finance Takes Leave of Absence By the Way . . . IRS Mileage Rate Increased Ask SSC . . . Do We Need to Begin the GASB 45 Funding Process Before We Seek Taxpayer Approval? Ask SSC . . . Is the Ratio of Teachers to Students a Valid Bargaining Argument? Ask SSC . . . How Does the STRS Earnings Limitation Work? Governor Indicates Potential for Tax Increases if Proposition 76 Fails Special Election Update
September 2005 Volume 18 No. 18 By the Way . . . Statewide Poll Shows Little Support for November Special Election, or for Governor, or for Legislature By the Way . . . Three New Board of Governors Members Confirmed by Senate Cost of College Textbooks Rising No Action on New Proposed 75/25 Regulations Until November What Happened to SB 361 and SB 794? Legislation Still Alive for This Year Legislation Proposed to Permit California Community Colleges to Exempt Victims of Hurricane Katrina From Paying Nonresident Tuition Budget Task Force Recommendations for the System’s 2006-07 Community College Budget Request Ask SSC . . . Can an Employee Also Be a Consultant for the Same District? Ask SSC . . . Does the Board Have to Adopt a Gann Limit Resolution as a Separate Item? Mega Millions Legislation Inches Forward through Legislature State Revenues Are Up Since May Revision
August 2005 Volume 18 No. 17 By the Way . . . Lottery Sales Increase—More for Schools By the Way . . . Initiative to Tax High Income Taxpayers By the way . . . Unions Strike Back—Initiative to Limit Political Contributions by Corporations Ask SSC . . . What Happens to Funds Left Over in a Section 125 Plan? Ask SSC . . . Is it Permissible to Offer a Bonus to Teachers for Early Declaration of Retirement? Ask SSC . . . How Does The Total Compensation Formula Apply to Different Bargaining Units? Workers’ Compensation Rate Continues to Trend Downward Legislature Returns for the Home Stretch Lawsuit Filed to Enforce Proposition 98 Guarantee CTA Backs Away From Controversial Split Roll Ballot Proposal