September 2012 Volume 25 No. 19 Bills at a Glance—September 28, 2012 Governor Signs Student Success Act Announcing California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris House and Senate Pass Stopgap Federal Appropriations Resolution By the Way . . . New Chancellor to be Announced September 27, 2012 It's Not Too Late to Get Cash This Year for Your Mandates K-14 School Facility Bonds Dominate the Ballot Ask SSC . . . Will the 180-Day “Sit Out” Requirement Apply to Me When I Retire? Polls Find Tepid Support for Proposition 30 Governor Signs Veterans Bills Legislative Analyst Summarizes 2012-13 Proposition 98 Actions Revenues Up Slightly for August 2012 By the Way . . . Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Reform By the Way . . . Governor Signs Economic and Workforce Development Program Reauthorization
September 2012 Volume 25 No. 18 Bills at a Glance—September 14, 2012 Ask SSC . . . Is Board Action Required for Election to Participate in the Mandates Block Grant? Assembly Bill Expanding Classified Employee Organizational Leave Rights on Its Way to the Governor Report Increases Focus on Student Discipline in California State Controller Issues August Cash Report Governor Signs Landmark Pension Legislation Chancellor Scott Provides Update on Show Cause Districts Systemwide Enrollment Priorities Adopted By the Way . . . Skinner Named as Acting Chancellor Board of Governors Addresses the Governor's Tax Initiative Board of Governors Approves System Budget Proposal for 2013-14 Ask SSC . . . How Does the New Pension Reform Act Affect Early Retirement Incentives, Unused Sick Leave, and Returning to Work? The Good, Bad, and the Ugly: Workers' Compensation Reform 2012 Legislature Approves Pension Reform
August 2012 Volume 25 No. 17 Bills at a Glance—August 31, 2012 By the Way . . . Student Success Bill Heading to the Governor Press Release on Impact of Budget Cuts on Community Colleges Conference Committee Report on Public Employee Pensions Adopted The California Public Employees’ Pension Act of 2013 Governor Jerry Brown Announces Pension Reform Agreement Ask SSC . . . Can We Share With Our Stakeholders the District’s Position in Negotiations? Latest Poll Gives Mixed Results for Proposition 30 State Revenues Fall Short in July State’s Education Technology Task Force Recommendations Unveiled Ask SSC . . . Will the SCO Make a Deduction for Prior-Year Audit Findings from Mandate Block Grant Payments?