September 2008 Volume 21 No. 20 By the Way . . . Board of Governor's Appointees By the Way . . . CPEC's Leader to Retire Ask SSC . . . Could You Explain the Governor's Threat to Veto All Bills if the Legislature Overrides His Veto of the Budget? Ask SSC . . . How Will the Lottery Securitization Change the Character of Community College Funding? Ask SSC . . . Where Is There a Code Provision Governing Internal Borrowing? Teachers' Retirement Board Adopts Actuarial Valuation AB 540 Students' Nonresident Tuition Exemption Challenged UCLA Says U.S. and California Avoid Recession Financial Projection Dartboard--AB 1781 Budget Bill Version Legislature Defeats Republican Budget Plan Legislators Poised to Vote on Budget Deal--Today, September 15, 2008 At Last, At Last, the Budget Passed! Budget Alert The Final Week in Review Legislature Passes Budget That the Governor Will Sign Governor Signs Budget . . . Finally
September 2008 Volume 21 No. 19 Governor's August Revise" Now in Bill Form" Legislature Defeats Republican Budget Plan Senate Republican Budget Proposal Surfaces Legislators Miss Deadline for the November Ballot Budget Impasse Stalls Students' Receipt of Cal Grants Secretary of Education David Long to Leave Post Court Rules in Lawsuit on SCO's Mandate Audit Practices Education Statistics from the Census Bureau Office Depot's Performance Is Reviewed at the State Level Managing Without a State Budget and in Uncertain Times Ask SSC . . . Do Community Colleges Need to Prepare a Collective Bargaining Disclosure or Certification Before Approving a New Agreement?
August 2008 Volume 21 No. 18 By the Way . . . President Signs HED Act Are Legislators Penalized When a Budget Is Delayed This Long? Report Compares the Nation’s Community Colleges to Four-Year Institutions Implementation of Higher Education Act Cash Flow Issues Grow with Delay of State Budget Down to the Wire for Many Bills Still No Budget--Is It the Latest? Senate Votes to Reject Revised Budget Compromise Rumors Continue to Circulate, but No Budget Deal Yet Governor Releases Proposed Budget Compromise By the Way . . . Senator Steinberg Elected Senate President pro Tempore Governor Tells Legislature to Compromise on Budget State Fiscal Picture Darkens Ask SSC . . . Is It Worth Filing Mandate Claims in These Dire Budget Times? Ask SSC . . . Why Doesn’t the Legislature Pass a Budget? Democrat Punished for Failing to Vote on Budget Ask SSC . . . Could You Offer Advice Regarding School District Goals? By the Way . . . Bureau Recommends 16% Increase in Workers’ Compensation Pure Premium Rate Proposal to Cap State Spending—Budget Deal Barrier? Budget Fails to Pass on August 17, 2008 Spending Cap Proposal Fails in Committee