Los Angeles Unified School DistrictLos Angeles Unified School District

Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) & Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)

Overview

Edgar Zazueta, Chief of Staff-External AffairsEdgar Zazueta, Chief of Staff-External AffairsValley Schools Task ForceValley Schools Task Force

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What’s New?

LCFFA significant change to the state’s method of distributing funds to school districts.

LCAP Major change to how districts are held accountable for using state funds and supporting targeted youth

What is LCFF?Based on specific considerations:

Equity, additional resources for students with greater needs

• Low-income students• English Learners• Foster Youth

Local decision-making and stakeholder involvement

Accountability

Transparency

Alignment of budgeting with accountability plans

LCFF Greatly simplifies state funding for

Local Educational Agencies (LEAs)

Grade Level

Demographics(Low income, English Learner,

and/or Foster Youth)

Adjustments

$Per Student Base Amount

This slide shows images that illustrate how the Local Control Funding Formula works. LCFF provides the same amount of funding per student with two adjustments (1) grade level and (2) demographics.

Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)

Base Grant Base Grant Base Grant

Supplemental Grant

Supplemental Grant

Concentration Grant

The District receives a Base Grant for every student.

The District receives a Supplemental Grant for

every high-needs student*.

The District receives a Concentration Grant for

every high-needs student* over 55% total enrollment.

Legislative Requirements

Expending supplemental and concentration funds:

To increase or improve services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth in proportion to the increase in funds apportioned on the basis of the number of unduplicated count of the students.

The LEA may use these funds for school-wide, or LEA-wide, purposes in manner that is not more restrictive than the restrictions provided for in Title 1 of No Child Left Behind.

* State Board of Education will adopt regulations by January 31, 2014

Focus of the LCFF Regulations & LCAP Template

DRAFT

Specifically:- Support intent of LCFF and implement current

law- Simplicity- Transparency- Performance-focused rather than compliance-

oriented- Equity, support for all students- Accountability- Local flexibility

Provide coherence between regulations and template

Summary of LCFF Spending Regulations

Regulations adopted on January 16, 2014

- Calculation of proportionality percentage

- Clarification of “district-wide, county-wide, - charter-wide, school-wide”

- Oversight and assignment of assistance by county - offices of education for districts

What is the Local Control Accountability Plan?

Encourages telling a story of support, impact, and improvement

Emphasis on good planning, communication, and engagement

Organization:* Stakeholder Engagement* Goals and Progress Indicators* Actions, Services, and Expenditures

Key Requirements of the LCAP

Annually, each California school district will, with meaningful stakeholder engagement, develop a Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), to address eight State Priority Areas:

What are the Eight State Priority Areas?

Required Data for Priority Areas

Outline of LCAP Engagement Process

“Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.”

–Jerry Brown, Governor of California