May 2006 Volume 19 No. 10 By the Way . . . PERS Rate for 2006-07 Virtually Unchanged from 2005-06 Summary of Community College District Administrator Salaries Refinancing Local School Bonds May Violate State Law Proposed New Student Fee Policy Still Alive Mandate Commission Defers Action on Mandate Reimbursement Process Infrastructure Bond Package Headed to November Ballot Higher State Revenues Trigger More for Schools under Proposition 98 CTA vs. Schwarzenegger Lawsuit on Proposition 98 Funding Is Settled
April 2006 Volume 19 No. 9 Senate Education Committee Takes Action on Its “Suspense File” CalSTRS Seeks Authority to Administer Deferred Compensation Plans Assembly Budget Subcommittee#2 on Education Finance Reviews Community College Budget Subcommittee Seeks Input on Spending Increased Revenues Statutory COLA for 2006-07 at 5.92% Ask SSC . . . What Is “Comparable”? Compromise Reached on Infrastructure Bond Plan for California Strong March Revenues Point to Hopeful May Revision, But Other Signs Suggest Caution April Revenues Skyrocket