September 2020 Governor Newsom Signs Workers’ Compensation and Family Leave Bills into Law Latest Budget Bill Provides Relief for LEA Early Learning Programs Clarity on Coronavirus Testing Guidelines by CDC DOF Releases September Finance Bulletin BOG Approves CCC 2021–22 Budget Request BOG Approves Resolution Supporting the Split Roll Initiative Slim Majority of Likely Voters Support Split Roll DOL Revises FFCRA Regulations Governor Newsom Endorses the Split Roll Initiative By the Way. . . PERB Introduces Electronic System. New York Challenges Provisions of the DOL Regulations By the Way . . . State Sells $2.6 Billion in Bonds Another Kind of Deferral: Employee Social Security Taxes Legislature Does Not Pursue Tax Proposals at End of Session Legislature Wraps up the 2019–20 Legislative Session Legislature Passes Budget Cleanup Bill
August 2020 Legislative Analyst Examines State’s Cash Position By the Way . . . CalSTRS Fix to Paid Administrative Leave COVID-19 Liability Bill Does Not Receive a Hearing Wildfires and Worker Health New Coronavirus Testing and Travel Guidelines New FMLA Forms Lottery Instructional Materials and BOG Changes in Trailer Bill Website Available for K–14 District Statewide TRANs Appropriations Committees Take Up Suspense Files DOF Releases August Finance Bulletin By the Way . . . Federal Government Approves California’s Perkins V State Plan Annual Employee Notices during COVID-19 Gann Limit Calculation Preparing Multiyear Financial Projections in the Current Environment Ask SSC . . . What about the Statewide TRANs? LAO Releases Preliminary Analysis of California’s 2020–21 Spending Plan COVID-19 Response Block Grant Federal Certification Due Monday, August 17, 2020 CDPH Releases Higher Education Guidance for Reopening Congress Recesses Without a New COVID-19 Relief Package Governor Newsom Rounds Out BOG Membership with Two Appointments Governor Confirms Minimum Wage Increase for 2021 Court Decision Upholds an At-Large Election Employment of Temporary Classified Staff New Millionaires Tax Introduced by the Legislature Current Tax Collections Beating (Lowered) Budget Expectations
July 2020 U.S. Faces Historic Economic Contraction While Federal Help Remains Uncertain Legislature Returns from Summer Recess to a Reduced Workload DOF Releases July Finance Bulletin Trump Administration Rescinds International Student Directive By the Way . . . Madera College Becomes 116th Community College Ajita Talwalker Menon Selected President of Calbright College Tax Receipts Exceed Lowered Expectations, So Far Updated CalPERS Estimated Employer Contribution Rates Senate Democrats Introduce $430 Billion COVID-19 Education Relief Bill Announcing a New Cash Borrowing Resource CalPERS Board Approves 2021 CalPERS Health Plan Premiums SSC Dartboard for 2020–21 Adopted State Budget Now Available Employer Health Care Costs Projected to Rise as High as 10% in 2021 Legislature Postpones Return to July 27 When One Door Closes, a Window Doesn’t Always Open: An SSC Editorial on Classified Layoff Prohibitions Two November Initiatives Would Affect Education Funding Ask SSC . . . Should We Consider an Early Retirement Incentive? DOF Releases June Finance Bulletin California Continues Minimum Wage Increase in 2021 Bill Amended to Provide Colleges COVID-19 Liability Protections Ask SSC . . . What Were Reserves for 2018–19? Classified Employee Layoff Restrictions—Legislative Clarification Governor Newsom Signs 2020–21 State Budget Package into Law