July 2011 Volume 24 No. 14 Budget Clean-Up Bill Working its Way through Legislature Constitutional Amendment for Public Pension and Health Benefit Reforms Introduced in Senate Ask SSC . . . Where Do The STRS Exemptions For Postretirement Work Stand Now? Governor Signs Trailer Bills Governor Signs State Budget; Trailer Bills Remain Unsigned 2011-12 State Budget Adopted by the Legislature and Sent to the Governor SSC Commentary—Once Again, the State Budget Puts Education at Risk By the Way . . . Opinion Requested on State Controller’s Authority Ask SSC . . . What is a Confidential Employee? Democrats Announce Majority-Vote Budget—Tax Extensions Dead Budget on the Move? By the Way . . . ACCT and AACC Launch Pell Grant Action Center""
June 2011 Volume 24 No. 13 May Revenues Continue To Be On Track By the Way . . . Internal Revenue Service Revises Mileage Rate for 2011 EdSource Names Louis Freedberg as Executive Director Chiang to Withhold Legislator Pay The Legislature Ignores Constitutional Requirement for Proposition 98 Suspension State Controller Comments on the Governor’s Budget Veto Governor Vetoes Budget The Legislature Approves a 2011-12 State Budget By the Way . . . PERS Announces Health Care Premium Changes for 2012 Ask SSC . . . What Should We Consider When Negotiating Employee Leaves? By the Way . . . Health Savings Account Parameters Set for 2012 Why Public Schools and Community Colleges Should Oppose SB 931—an Editorial by SSC Senate Passes Budget Bills, But No “Bridge” Bill
June 2011 Volume 24 No. 12 Trailer Bill Language Spells Out 2011-12 Deferrals Senate Budget Vote Scheduled for Friday Ask SSC . . . What Constitutes a “Class of Employees” for STRS? By the Way . . . STRS Earnings Limitation Remains the Same Senate and Assembly Budget Committee Actions Clear the Way for Full Debate on the 2011-12 State Budget Ask SSC . . . Various Federal Health Care Reform Questions Pension Reform Bills Moving Through the Legislature Community College Bills Proceed to Second House U.S. Supreme Court Rejects AB 540 Appeal Budget Subcommittee Acts on Projected Student Fee Revenue Shortfall No Time for Budget Conference Committee? Steinberg’s Plea to the Public Pressure is on from State Controller for an On-Time Budget IRS Launches Tax Sheltered Annuity Compliance Questionnaire for Higher Education