November 2011 Volume 24 No. 23 State Controller John Chiang Releases Disappointing October Revenue Report Ask SSC . . . How Can I Estimate the Impact of a Midyear Cut to my Home-to-School Transportation Program? Bid Limits Change for the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act Legislative Analyst's Office Issues Response to Governor's Pension Proposal By the Way . . . STRS Penalty and Interest Regulations Revised California Pension Reform Group Says They Will Qualify One of Two Pension Reform Initiatives Governmental Accounting Standards Board Exposure Draft on Pensions Ask SSC . . . Is There a New Provision in Law Clarifying When Proposition 39 Audits Should Be Sent to the Citizens' Oversight Committee? A Case for Preparing Multiyear Financial Projections Ask SSC . . . Is There a New Provision in Law That Makes Changes to Retention Amounts for Public Construction Contracts?
October 2011 Volume 24 No. 22 Should We Be Focused On the Triggers"?" Governor Brown Releases Pension Reform Plan Pension Reform Committee Holds First Hearing California Adds Jobs in September and the Unemployment Rate Drops When it Comes to Reserves, How Much is Enough? By the Way . . . Referendum to Overturn State Financial Aid for Undocumented Students Student Success Task Force Hearing in Sacramento By the Way . . . First Student Success Task Force Town Hall Meeting Details Available By the Way . . . CCC System is Awarded $6.9 Million Grant to Address Student Mental Health Report Urges California Policymakers to Stop the Higher Education Policy Drift Trigger Tracker—Going in the Right Direction, But a Lot of Ground Still to Cover The Public Pension Initiatives Keep on Coming Ask SSC . . . Will the State of California Treat the Cell Phone Provisions the Same as the Internal Revenue Service? 2012 Legislative Calendar By the Way. . . Pension Reform Committee Members Named State Revenues Slightly Below Forecast for September
October 2011 Volume 24 No. 21 State Controller Reports Revenues Down $302 million for September State Controller Sends Education More Than $1 Billion in Lottery Funds for 2010-11 Governor Takes Last-Minute Action on a Flurry of Bills Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting Damage Awards for Unlawful Employee Strike and Calls for Further Clean-Up Language New Oil Extraction Tax Ballot Initiative Submitted Significant Improvement in Educational Attainment at the Nation's Community Colleges Ask SSC . . . When Can We Do Another Early Retirement Incentive? By the Way . . . Multi-State Collaborative, Including California, Receives Funding Boost from Lumina Foundation Treasurer's Report Highlights Financing of the State's Infrastructure Needs Hispanic-Serving Institution Grants Awarded to Colleges IRS Announces Voluntary Program to Reclassify Independent Contractors to Employees Student Success Task Force Draft Recommendations Released