The Fairfield-Suisun Unified board of trustees recently approved the $116.62 million 2024-25 Local Control and Accountability Plan.
The total represents about 36.12 % of the district’s full budget of $322.86 million.
LCAP is a three-year plan guides the district on education services for high-needs students, including foster youth, English learners and low-income students.
Source: More than third of F-S Unified budget goes into LCAP | News | dailyrepublic.com
By Richard Bammer
Dixon Unified leaders Thursday night are expected to approve two key documents that will guide the rural eastern Solano County school district in the coming year: the Local Control Accountability Plan and the 2024-25 budget.
NIck Girimonte, the assistant superintendent of educational services, will recommend approval of the LCAP, a sort of blueprint of the district’s budget for the coming academic year and subsequent two years.
It is a plan, according to agenda documents, that describes the goals, actions, services and expenses “to support positive student outcomes that address state and local priorities.”
Source: DUSD trustees expected to approve LCAP, 2024-25 budget – The Vacaville Reporter
District leaders are expected to approve the Local Control Accountability Plan and the 2024-25 budget, key annual financial documents, when the Travis Unified governing board meets Tuesday evening in Fairfield.
Approval of the $86.5 million budget comes on the heels of a June 4 governing board meeting, when Chief Business Officer Gabe Moulaison, in a public hearing and presentation, detailed the pending academic year’s proposed budget for the 5,400-student district. (It operates five elementary schools — two on Travis Air Force Base, Scandia and Travis, and two, Cambridge and Foxboro, in Vacaville, and Center Elementary in Fairfield — Golden West Middle School, Vanden High, and a continuation high school.)
By Richard Bammer
The Local Control Accountability Plan and the projected 2024-25 budget are on the agenda when Dixon Unified leaders meet Thursday evening in Dixon.
Trudy Barrington, the school district’s chief business official, will offer information about the 2024-25 LCAP, a sort of blueprint for the district’s budget for the coming academic year. She also will offer information about the two outlying years, through June 30, 2027, based on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state budget revision released early last month.
Source: LCAP, 2024-25 budget on DUSD governing board agenda – The Vacaville Reporter
By Richard Bammer
Local Control Accountability Plans and the projected 2024-25 budgets for the district and several charter schools are on the agenda when Vacaville Unified leaders meet Thursday evening in Vacaville.
Kelly Burks, the associate superintendent of business and administrative services, will present the Local Control Funding Formula, a description of the district’s money sources, first in a public hearing, followed by information about the 2024-25 LCAP, a sort of blueprint for the district’s projected $185 million in expenses while revenue tops out at $167 million for the coming academic year.
Under the funding formula, California school districts get money from state, local and federal funds. By law, districts must adopt their budgets by June 30, the end of the fiscal year.
Source: LCAPs, budgets for district, several charter schools on VUSD agenda – The Vacaville Reporter
By Richard Bammer
The Local Control Accountability Plan and the 2024-25 budget are on the agenda when Travis Unified leaders meet Tuesday evening in Fairfield.
Tiffany Benson, the assistant superintendent for educational services, will present the Local Control Funding Formula, a description of the district’s money sources, first in a public hearing, followed by information about the LCAP, a sort of blueprint for how the district will spend some $86 million in expenses for the coming academic year.
Under the funding formula, California school districts get money from the state, local and federal funds.
Source: LCAP and 2024-25 budget on TUSD trustees’ agenda – The Vacaville Reporter
Trustees for the Travis Unified School District on Tuesday will receive a presentation and conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2024-25 budget.
A final decision on placing a $65 million general bond on the Nov. 5 ballot is also on the agenda.
The district, if approved, would set a rate of 6 cents on every $100 of assessed value, generating an average of $4.7 million a year for facility needs.
Source: Budget, obligation bond, LCAP land before Travis Unified board | News | dailyrepublic.com
By Susan Hiland
The Travis Unified School District board approved the first Travis Strategic Plan for the next few years at its Tuesday meeting.
The Strategic Plan is a management plan for the district, which also lays down the foundation for goals, tackling budgeting issues and creating a template for the Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP.
The plan was developed in collaboration with representatives from Travis community members, board members and staff last month over the course of three days, according to Fred Van Vleck, lead consultant for the National Center For Executive Leadership, who gave a recap of the workshop.
Source: Travis school board creates first Strategic Plan | Education | dailyrepublic.com
By Susan Hiland
Sheila McCabe, assistant superintendent of Educational Services, gave an update to the Fairfield school board Thursday about the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).
LCAP is a three-year plan that looks at the goals, actions and expenditures to help meet the state and local priorities while at the same time working toward giving students a positive school experience.
“Staff have held meetings this year with educational partners to obtain input regarding the 2023-24 update to the LCAP,” McCabe said.
By Susan Hiland
Sheila McCabe, assistant superintendent of Educational Services, will give an update to the Fairfield governing board about the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).
LCAP is a three-year plan that looks at the goals, actions and expenditures to help meet the state and local priorities while at the same time working toward giving students a positive school experience.
Source: Fairfield school board to hear presentation on LCAP at next meeting
By Susan Hiland
The Travis school board will hear a presentation on the Local Control Accountability Plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
The LCAP focuses on closing the achievement gap through effective actions and services that create a solid pathway to success for all students, according to district information.
Source: Travis school board to hear update on LCAP, other finances
By Susan Hiland
The Travis School Board heard an update Tuesday on what the school district is doing to meet the required Local Control Accountability Plan.
A report called the Supplement to the Annual Update for the 2021-22 Local Control Accountability Plan covered much of the school district’s efforts toward budgeting, college preparations for students and other needs.
A staff report to the trustees outlines the steps taken by the district since last spring when school survey results were received with 1,635 responses from families, 1,401 responses from students and 256 responses from staff.
Source: Travis board looks at plans for upcoming school year
By Susan Hiland
Travis School Board members will hear a legally required update Tuesday on how the school district is managing several million dollars in pandemic-related funding received from both the state and federal governments.
The report to the trustees is officially called the Supplement to the Annual Update for the 2021-22 Local Control Accountability Plan.
California 2021-22 budget, the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and other state and federal pandemic relief acts have provided schools and related entities – called local educational agencies – with what’s described in a staff report as a significant increase in funding to support students, teachers, staff and their communities in recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Source: Travis school board to hear accountability plan update
BY Nick Sestanovich
The Governing Board of the Vacaville Unified School District will consider adopting with a projected $116 million in General Fund revenues for the 2020-21 academic year at its Thursday meeting.
The revenue assumptions used for the budget are based on projections from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May revisions to the state budget. The district’s budget is also linked to the approval process of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), both of which require a public hearing and adoption. The budget approval process will have both at Thursday’s school board meeting, while an LCAP hearing will be held at a later date.
For the 2020-21 school year, VUSD is anticipating $5 million in local funding, $9 million in state funding, $4.6 million in federal funding and $97.9 million in funding from the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), a funding system which establishes grants in place of funding streams. Combined, the funding systems are projected to provide more than $116 million for the next school year.
Source: Vacaville school board to consider budgets for district, Kimme – The Reporter
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond commended yesterday’s executive order by Governor Gavin Newsom that allows schools to focus on the impacts of campus closures as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and their mitigation plans for when students return this fall. The executive order does this by extending the deadline for school districts and charter schools to submit upcoming Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP) which are long-range planning documents tied to budget projections.
“School districts statewide have been working hard to put distance learning platforms into place and keep their students fed. The LCAP process deadlines should not be placing additional burdens on schools, which as a result of our current climate of social distancing, cannot meaningfully engage with their community stakeholders,” Thurmond said. “The Governor’s action frees up staff time and resources for districts to focus solely on the immediate learning needs and health of our students.”
Source: SPI Commends Governor’s LCAP Executive Order – Year 2020 (CA Dept of Education)
By Time Goree
The Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District is updating the 3-year educational plan, also known as the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).
We are holding two community meetings to gather input. Parents, students, staff, and community members are encouraged to attend either meeting to provide input regarding programs and services to better meet the needs of our students. No RSVP required.
Source: FSUSD Wants Your Input!
By Nick Sestanovich
Following a public hearing at the May 31 school board meeting, a discussion on the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) is up for the trustees’ approval for the last meeting of the 2017-18 school year Wednesday— a day earlier than when school board meetings are usually held.
The LCAP is a tool for all school districts in California to receive funds through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). According to a report by Dr. Leslie Beatson, the assistant superintendent of educational services, the LCAP has three main goals: supporting academic and social-emotional success for all students, modernizing and improving infrastructure to promote 21st-century learning, and increasing parental and community partnerships so that all students graduate college and career ready. Beatson highlighted a number of programs that contributed to academic and social-emotional success, including Odyssey of the Mind, Visual and Performing Arts programs and Outdoor Education.
By Nick Sestanovich
Following a public hearing at the May 31 school board meeting, a discussion on the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) is up for the trustees’ approval for the last meeting of the 2017-18 school year Wednesday— a day earlier than when school board meetings are usually held.
The LCAP is a tool for all school districts in California to receive funds through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). According to a report by Dr. Leslie Beatson, the assistant superintendent of educational services, the LCAP has three main goals: supporting academic and social-emotional success for all students, modernizing and improving infrastructure to promote 21st-century learning, and increasing parental and community partnerships so that all students graduate college and career ready. Beatson highlighted a number of programs that contributed to academic and social-emotional success, including Odyssey of the Mind, Visual and Performing Arts programs and Outdoor Education.
By Nick Sestanovich
Thursday’s school board meeting will be the last of the 2017-18 year while school is in session— and if the agenda is any indication, it will be the busiest of the entire year by far.
One of the biggest items is a public hearing on Benicia Unified School District’s proposed budget for the 2018-19 school year. Chief Business Official Tim Rahill predicts that the district will operate at a one-time surplus of $88,000— including costs of employee negotiations from the employees’ tentative agreements from 2017-18 and 2018-19— and provide for the state’s 3 percent Reserve for Economic Uncertainties and the Local Board Policy Reserve— which would provide an additional 4 percent reserve.
Additionally, Rahill wrote in a PowerPoint that BUSD continues to receive most of its fundings from the state, namely its Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) system. According to Rahill, the LCFF is fully funded in the budget and includes a funding reduction for 71 fewer students, annual increases in operating costs and program costs from the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). The district is also anticipating a decline in 24 students for the 2018-19 school year.
Source: BUSD budget among items on packed school board agenda
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced that for the third year in a row, California students placed fifth in the nation in the percentage of high school graduates who earned a score of three or more on an end-of-course Advanced Placement ® (AP) exam, which earns them college credit.
In 2017, 30.3 percent of California graduates scored at least a 3 out of 5 on an AP exam during high school, compared to 28.5 percent in 2016. Nationally, the average in 2017 was 22.8 percent. In the last five years, the percentage of California students demonstrating success on AP exams has increased by more than 7.5 percentage points.
“Our students have once again made California a national leader in passing rigorous Advanced Placement exams, reflecting progress our state has made in our mission of preparing students for college and careers,” Torlakson said. “These results show how hard our educators, parents, and students are working on key elements of academic success—providing access to rigorous courses, challenging students to take these courses, and providing students the help they need to succeed.”
Success in AP courses is one measure of pupil achievement, which is one of eight state priorities contained in the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), a policy that guides development of each district’s Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).
Source: California Ranks 5th in Advanced Placement® Exam – Year 2018 (CA Dept of Education)