June 2015 Volume 35 No. 13 Top Legislative Issues for 2015—June 26, 2015 Governor Brown Signs 2015-16 State Budget By the Way . . . LAO Issues Cal Grant C Report DOF Issues Final Figures for 2015-16 One-Time Discretionary Funds May Revenues Slightly Off of the Revised Forecast By the Way . . . CalPERS Board Approves Health Benefit Plan Premium Increases Legislators Send Budget Bills to Governor 2015-16 State Budget Education Details Released By the Way . . . The Department of Health Care Services Clarifies Procedures for Time Study Participants Funded Through Federal Sources 2015-16 State Budget Deal Announced Ask SSC . . . Does the Federal Single Audit Threshold Increase This Year? Legislators Meet Constitutional Deadline While Negotiations Continue on 2015-16 Budget
June 2015 Volume 35 No. 12 Top Legislative Issues for 2015—June 12, 2015 Recent Court Opinion Regarding Lease-Leaseback May Impact Community Colleges 2015-16 Conference Committee Education Budget Details Now Available Budget Conference Committee Acts on 2015-16 Education Budget Final Steps to 2015-16 State Budget Adoption—Video New Pension Reform Initiative Submitted Poll Finds Californians Positive Towards State Budget but Split on Tax Proposals UCLA Forecasters See Steady Economic Expansion Community College Items for Conference Committee Ask SSC . . . Is the Discretionary Funding Also a Mandate Payment? 2015-16 Budget Conference Committee Begins its Work By the Way . . . Health Savings Account Parameters Announced for 2016
May 2015 Volume 35 No. 11 Top Legislative Issues for 2015—May 29, 2015 Ask SSC . . . Do We Have to Negotiate Private Supplemental Early Retirement Incentive Plans? Ask SSC . . . Based on the Governor’s May Revision, Can We Plan for One-Time Discretionary Dollars in 2015-16 if We are Participating in the MBG? Ask SSC . . . The May Revision and School Facilities By the Way . . . Second Round of Career Pathways Trust Grants Announced Ask SSC . . . School-Based Medi-Cal Administrative Activities Funding Reimbursement Update Ask SSC . . . What Is the Fee for the CalPERS Calculations for GASB 68? The SSC Dartboard for the 2015-16 May Revision is Now Available 15 Baccalaureate Degrees Pilot Programs Selected Statewide Average Ending Fund Balances for 2013-14 Ask SSC . . . How Much in Discretionary Funds Will We Receive?