April 2012 Volume 25 No. 7 Bills at a Glance—April 13, 2012 April Showers Bring . . . Rain and Classified Layoff Notices Ask SSC . . . How Do Reserve Levels Look Statewide? April Revenues Are Key to the May Revision California Lottery Commission Increases Estimate Status of Pension Reform Efforts Midyear Funding Shortfall Bill Introduced State Controller Reports Revenues Down in March Ask SSC . . . What Happened to the Lawsuit Brought by Legislators Over Their Pay Being Withheld? By the Way . . . ACSA’s Pension Changes Webcast Archive Available. Report of Compensation Due Soon to State Controller And Then There Were Two By the Way . . . Chancellor's Office Announces Increase to Health Fee By the Way . . . Initiative Filed for Higher Education Accountability and Funding By the Way . . . CSU Announces Plans to Balance Budget if Midyear Cuts Occur
March 2012 Volume 25 No. 6 Bills at a Glance—March 30, 2012 UCLA Economists Forecast Modest Growth But Potential “Train Wrecks” Ahead Judge Issues Preliminary Ruling That May Support Manipulation of Proposition 98 Ask SSC . . . How Can We Make Our Catastrophic Leave Program More Confidential and Objective? Ask SSC . . . When Do the 2012-13 Cuts Get Implemented if the “Trigger” is Pulled? Final Pension Reform Initiative Fails to Qualify for the November 2012 Ballot Federal Pell Grant Update Compromise Tax Initiative Hits the Streets Ask SSC . . . How Much Do the Missed COLAs Add Up To? By the Way . . . Questions and Answers About the Stockton Unified School District Court Decision The Elements of a Balanced Recovery for Education Funding
March 2012 Volume 25 No. 5 Bills at a Glance—March 16, 2012 Compromise on Tax Initiatives Reached By the Way . . . CalPERS Board Approves Investment Forecast Change February Revenues Slightly Below Projections CalPERS Committee Recommends to Lower Investment Forecast Action Needed to Extend STRS Earnings Limit Exemptions for Postretirement Work Polling Released By Millionaires Tax Proponents Proposal to Establish a New State Spending Cap Dropped Poll Finds Californians Still Fear Recession Governor’s Tax Initiative Fares Worse in Latest Poll Assembly Budget Subcommittee Rejects Governor's Proposed Cuts to Cal Grants Ask SSC . . . Can a School Board Member Continue Their Membership in the STRS? Little Hoover Commission Just Released New Report on Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott Announces Retirement Four Community Colleges Receive 50% Law Exemption New Appellate Case Impacts Classification and Release of Employees Hired Into Categorical Programs