June 2021 Governor Newsom Signs Two Community College Bills By the Way . . . Governor Newsom Signs State Budget Bill Partial 2021–22 State Budget Deal Unveiled Top Legislative Issues for 2021—June 24, 2021 Chancellor’s Office Releases Phase II of the SCFF Dashboard Ask SSC . . . What Does the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Mean for California School Employees? Inflation: Is the Boogeyman at Our Door? Recall Funding Included in State Budget Brown and Bagley-Keene Acts Flexibilities to End on September 30 Legislature Passes 2021–22 State Budget Ask SSC . . . What’s the Revenue Difference Between the Governor and the Legislature? Top Legislative Issues for 2021—June 11, 2021 2021–22 CalSTRS Employer Rate Set at 16.92% Bills Look to Make Updates to Public Meeting Laws for Post-Pandemic World Ask SSC . . . Does the Legislature’s 2021–22 State Budget Agreement Reduce the School Employees Fund Contribution Rate? Legislative Budget Committees Pass Major Budget Pieces State Revenues Continue to Outpace Projections
May 2021 Top Legislative Issues—May 28, 2021 Dartboard for 2021–22 May Revision Now Available An Overview of the 2021–22 Governor’s May Revision Initial Impressions of the 2021–22 May Revision Top Legislative Issues—May 13, 2021 By the Way . . . State Auditor Releases Reports on Calbright College and Los Angeles CCD Personnel Commission By the Way . . . ED Announces HEER III Allocations and Releases Updated FAQs LAO Says State Could Hit Spending Wall Appeals Court Upholds Governor Newsom’s Emergency Powers LAO Analyzes HEER III Funding CalSTRS Releases New Employer Directives PPIC Releases its 17th Annual Education Survey
April 2021 Ask SSC . . . Are Classified Employees Entitled to Full Pay When on Extended Illness Leave? Top Legislative Issues—April 30, 2021 National GDP Up 6.4% American Families Plan for K–14 Districts 2021–22 Statutory COLA is 1.70% Effort to Recall Governor Moves Forward DOF Releases April Finance Bulletin Second Quarter Lottery Apportionment for 2020–21 CalPERS Approves Employer Contribution Rates CalSTRS Contribution Rate Increase Expected for 2021–22 Top Legislative Issues—April 16, 2021 Projected 2021–22 CalPERS Contribution Rate Released ED Funding Opportunity for Community Colleges President Biden Releases 2022 Discretionary Budget Request Discrimination in the Workplace During the Year We Stayed Home Unemployment Insurance Rates on the Rise Governor Newsom Aims to Fully Reopen California on June 15 The American Jobs Plan for K–14 Districts Latest PPIC Survey Brings Good News to Governor Newsom Top Legislative Issues—April 2, 2021 FAQs: Expansion of COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave New Effort Launched to Recall 2020