October 2006 Volume 19 No. 23 College Board Reports on Nationwide College Costs and Financial Aid Governor Signs Controversial Capital Facilities Fees Bill September Revenues and Employment Tracking Forecast Interest Rates Unchanged: Implications for California By the Way . . . Specific Language Available on STRS Funding Plan Ask SSC . . . How Many Confidential Employees are We Allowed to Have? Infrastructure Bond Package Approved; Schwarzenegger Wins Reelection By the Way . . . 2007 Tentative Legislative Calendar Available
October 2006 Volume 19 No. 22 By the Way . . . SB 361 Workshops Scheduled By the Way . . . Call for 2007-08 Legislative Proposals By the Way . . . Free Community College Proposed By the Way . . . Outlook for Public Education Community Colleges Expecting Increases in Student Enrollments for the 2006-07 Academic Year Court Upholds In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants End of the 2006 Legislative Session Report—Chaptered and Vetoed Legislation By the Way . . . New Board of Governor Member Ask SSC . . . How Do Contributions to My Health Savings Account Affect My Income Taxes? Ask SSC . . . Do School Districts Qualify for the Government Rate"? " Ask SSC . . . Do Basic Aid Districts Need More Reserves? Ask SSC . . . Is There a Legal Time Limit on When the SCO Can Audit Mandate Reimbursements?
September 2006 Volume 19 No. 21 By the Way . . . Disclosure of Faculty Grades By the Way . . . Illegal Immigrants Initiative Cleared for Circulation By the Way . . . Board of Governors Supports State Bond Measure 1D Community College Administrators’ Right to Become a First-Year Probation Faculty Member Is Not Absolute Governor’s Actions on Community College Legislation Thus Far By the Way . . . And You Thought That California Had a STRS Problem! Ask SSC . . . Are Property Taxes Resulting from a General Obligation Bond Deductible from Personal Income Tax? Another Legal Challenge to Secure Mandate Reimbursements First Hurdle Is Cleared in Lawsuit Against SCO Audits Bill Clarifying Education Funding Provisions Signed by the Governor August Revenues Generally Tracking Forecast Budget Trailer Bill—One-Time Money—Signed into Law Legislative Analyst Previews Upcoming Forecast Things Looking a Bit Better for the School Facilities Bond, Proposition 1D