Category Archives: Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)

English learner report, LCAP and office building updates on Dixon school board agenda – The Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

A report from the District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC), an update on the district’s Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), and an update on the district’s office building are on the agenda when Dixon Unified leaders meet tonight in Dixon.

Mike Walbridge, assistant superintendent for educational services, will offer the DELAC update.

Every California K-12 public school district with 51 or more English learners must form a district-level DELAC or subcommittee of an existing districtwide advisory committee.

Superintendent Brian Dolan will lead the discuss about the LCAP.

A key element of Gov. Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, LCAPs, which project what a district will do in the coming three years, lay out in detail what educators, governing boards and teachers must do to educate students, particularly ethnic subgroups and special needs students, and how they are going to measure results.

via English learner report, LCAP and office building updates on Dixon school board agenda.

Fairfield-Suisun board looks at tentative priorities for 2015-16 school year – Daily Republic

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By Susan Winlow

Trustees of the Fairfield-Suisun School District hammered out tentative priorities Tuesday night for the upcoming school year.

The action comes on the heels o Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed 2015-16 budget. Those priorities include:

  • Employee compensation.
  • Extracurricular school activities.
  • Science learning in secondary school settings.
  • Wraparound counseling services to include a variety of aspects such as social, emotional, academic and career.
  • Bilingual outreach and improving communication structure.

via Fairfield-Suisun board looks at tentative priorities for 2015-16 school year Daily Republic.

Vacaville Unified’s LCAP an ever-evolving document, district leaders say – The Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

While some California school districts recently received below-average marks for their Local Control Accountability Plans, Vacaville Unified’s was not among them and administrators are already working on the next phase of an ever-evolving plan.

“We’re busy collecting data” for this year’s revision, said Danielle Storey, the district’s assistant superintendent for education services, who largely crafted last year’s plan and submitted it to the Solano County office of Education for approval by July 1.

 

 “The LCAP is never a final document,” she added. “It’s in constant revision of what we’re going to do over the years.”

A key element of Gov. Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, LCAPs, which project what a district will do in the coming three years, lay out in detail what educators, governing boards and teachers must do to educate students and how they are going to measure results.

via Vacaville Unified’s LCAP an ever-evolving document, district leaders say.

Report on LCAPs finds mixed success | EdSource

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By John Fensterwald

An advocacy organization that analyzed dozens of school districts’ inaugural improvement plans under the state’s new school funding law praised the level of community involvement but criticized the lack of clarity in the finished product.

Under the Local Control Funding Formula, districts get more spending flexibility and autonomy but in return must reach out to parents, students, teachers and the community to help shape the plan and be accountable for the results. Although not uniform across districts, there was “an unprecedented level of engagement among school district leaders, community leaders, parents, teachers, and students,” Education Trust-West, a nonprofit based in Oakland that works to narrow the achievement gap in education, said in a report issued Tuesday. “We also find that district leaders have oriented themselves to the new law. Administrators responsible for instruction and budget are collaborating more than ever before in a real effort to align budgets with academic plans.”

via Report on LCAPs finds mixed success | EdSource#.VJG0XxcO4c#.VJG0XxcO4c.

Benicia school board candidates talk Measure B, C – The Reporter

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By Irma Widjojo

Candidates running for three seats on the Benicia Unified School District Governing Board answered questions on topics ranging from new Common Core standards to teacher tenure during a public forum Saturday.

The forum was organized by the League of Women Voters Benicia, Open Government Commission and American Association of University Women, which have taken no position on any of the issues or candidates in the upcoming November election.

About 20 people attended the forum, which will be rebroadcast on local public access channels.

Four candidates are running for three seats. Diane Ferrucci is the only challenger, and all three incumbents — Steve Messina, Peter Morgan and Rose Switzer — are seeking reelection.

via Benicia school board candidates talk Measure B, C – The Reporter.

One (maybe final) step closer to new LCAP rules | EdSource

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By John Fensterwald

The staff of the State Board of Education will decide in the next several weeks whether to tinker further with regulations governing the Local Control and Accountability Plans – the accountability and budget plans that school districts completed for the first time in June.

Board members heard testimony Thursday from those urging further changes and those saying in effect, “Enough – it’s time to move on.” Further tweaking would push off final adoption to January, creating uncertainty for school districts as they begin a year-long process of addressing the commitments they made in their initial LCAPs.

“Districts would rather have a document sooner than later; we can live with it as it is,” Teri Burns, senior director of policy and programs for the California School Boards Association, told the state board.

via One (maybe final) step closer to new LCAP rules | EdSource.

LCAP on DUSD agenda tonight – The Reporter

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Dixon Unified leaders will hear a report on the school district’s Local Control Accountability Plan, or LCAP, when they meet tonight in open session in Dixon.

Mike Walbridge, assistant superintendent of educational services, will report on the plan’s first goal, its rollout and its monitoring.

A key part of Gov. Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, LCAPs, as they are called for short, lay out in detail what educators, governing boards and teachers must do to educate students and how they are going to measure results.

Months in the making, the plans required community stakeholder meetings and give more power to school site leaders as they seeks to focus on student achievement for all and narrow the so-called “achievement gap,” the difference in standardized test outcomes between various ethnic groups.

via LCAP on DUSD agenda tonight – The Reporter.

Counties approve high number of LCAPs | EdSource

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August 26, 2014

An EdSource survey of a sampling of county offices of education found that they approved nearly all school districts’ inaugural Local Control and Accountability Plans, laying out spending and academic priorities under the state’s new funding formula, by the Aug. 15 initial deadline for the review.

According to the survey of the county offices, which encompass about half of the state’s 1,000 school districts, 96 percent got the OK on their LCAPs. Only 21 out of 524 districts had LCAPS that were returned to them for changes or clarifications after the cutoff; one of those was Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest district (see previous story). However, hundreds of districts had already made minor and substantive changes at the request of their county offices of education, either in early drafts or in the weeks preceding the deadline.

via Counties approve high number of LCAPs | EdSource.

Take a breath and prepare for your LCAP’s next stage | EdSource

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By Megan Sweet

After all, with all of the uncertainty, controversy, hard work and unrealistic deadlines, we sure deserve a little break.

Only one year ago, most of us were not aware that California’s educational funding system was changing; just eight months ago, we still did not have budget guidelines or a draft LCAP template to plan toward. Nonetheless, here we are today, and each school district and charter school has submitted a final LCAP to their county office of education and is now awaiting final approval of their plan.

via Take a breath and prepare for your LCAP’s next stage | EdSource.

Proposed changes to LCAP renew debate | EdSource

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By John Fensterwald

The State Board of Education this week could revise the process that districts use to create their funding and accountability plans. At a hearing in Sacramento on Thursday, critics will argue that the proposed changes don’t go far enough.

In response to hundreds of public comments, the state board will consider explicitly requiring districts to consult with students as they write their Local Control and Accountability Plans, which lay out budget and student achievement priorities. The plans are a critical component of the community and parent participation that the state’s new school funding system mandates. The board will also review a redesign of the LCAP template and may add a requirement that makes it clear that extra money for “high-needs” students must be used “principally” to benefit them. Civil rights groups lobbied heavily for the new wording.

via Proposed changes to LCAP renew debate | EdSource.

DUSD leaders to approve final 2014-15 budget, LCAP – The Reporter

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Vacaville Reporter Posted:

Dixon Unified trustees likely will sign off on a $27.4 million 2014-15 budget and an accompanying Local Control Accountability Plan.

The rural district’s budget will have $1.1 million in deficit spending and an ending balance of $1.3 million.

Additionally, the district, with 3,400 students, faces an unappropriated fund balance, or shortfall,of nearly $438,000, or 1.6 percent of the overall budget, when classes resume in mid-August.

Trustees are expected to approve a final draft of the district’s 74-page LCAP, a document that details what educators, the governing board and teachers must do to educate students and how they are going to measure results. LCAPs are key components of Gov. Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, and are an effort, by giving more power to local school districts, to narrow the so-called “achievement gap,” the difference in standardized test outcomes among various ethnic groups and other subgroups.

via DUSD leaders to approve final 2014-15 budget, LCAP – The Reporter.

Trustees OK key funding document for school district – Benicia Herald

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By Keri Luiz

The Board of Trustees of the Benicia Unified School District last week approved a document that went through several iterations and multiple stages of planning — par for the course for an important document like the Local Control Accountability Plan.

After months of input, workshops, planning, meetings and a public hearing, the LCAP was approved on a 4-0 vote with Trustee Andre Stewart absent at trustees’ final meeting of the 2013-14 school year.

The LCAP is part of the BUSD budget process and includes three sections: student outcomes, student and parent engagement, and conditions of learning. It is required to be in place for the district to receive state Local Control Funding Formula LCCF funding.

via Trustees OK key funding document for school district.

Vacaville Unified School District board mulls LCAP final working drafts – The Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

Facing a deadline 17 days hence, Vacaville Unified leaders on Thursday were still questioning final working drafts of Local Control Accountability Plans for the district and several charter schools.

Once answers are clarified, district administrators, including Assistant Superintendent Danielle Storey, and charter school principals likely will submit their LCAP final drafts for approval at the governing board’s June 26 meeting.

Final LCAP documents — in addition to the district’s 2014-15 budget — must be adopted on or before July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year, and submitted to the Solano County Office of Education for approval.

 

via Vacaville Unified School District board mulls LCAP final working drafts – The Reporter.

Board to host pair of public hearings – Benicia Herald

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By Keri Luiz

Two public hearings will take place at Thursday’s meeting of the Benicia Unified School District Board of Trustees: one for the Local Control Accountability Plan and one for the 2014-15 budget.

The LCAP is used for measuring the progress of students. School districts must have an LCAP in place to receive state funds through Local Control Funding Formula LCCF funding.

The LCCF is the new way that the state of California funds school districts like BUSD. All restricted categorical funds are rolled into a base funding per student, plus a supplemental grant add-on for English learners, low-income students and foster youth.

For BUSD, the LCCF provides about $6,804 per student, with the funding based on attendance of students, not just enrollment.

The LCAP is part of the BUSD budget process and includes three sections: student outcomes; student and parent engagement; and conditions of learning.

via Board to host pair of public hearings.

LCAPs, 2014-15 budget on VUSD agenda – The Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

Four Local Control Accountability Plans, including several for charter schools, and the proposed 2014-15 district budget are on the agenda when Vacaville Unified trustees meet in open session tonight in Vacaville.

Trustees will hold public hearings on LCAPs for VUSD, ACE Charter, Buckingham Charter, and Fairmont Charter.

A key component of Gov. Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, LCAPs, as they are called for short, lay out in detail what educators, governing boards and teachers must do to educate students and how they are going to measure results.

Months in the making, the LCAPs required community stakeholder meetings and give more power to school site leaders as they seek to focus on student achievement for all and narrow the so-called “achievement gap,” the difference in standardized test outcomes between various ethnic groups.

via LCAPs, 2014-15 budget on VUSD agenda – The Reporter.

Students want more say in district accountability plan process | EdSource Today

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By Karla Scoon Reid

While California school districts held an unprecedented number of meetings and conducted scores of surveys seeking parent, community and staff input to develop financial blueprints to improve learning for their neediest children, some students are concerned that their voices have been left out of the process.

The state’s new school funding law requires that stakeholder groups, including students, be consulted as districts develop their Local Control and Accountability Plans. Those state-mandated plans must outline districts’ financial and educational priorities while specifically identifying strategies that improve services for high-needs students — low-income pupils, English learners and foster youth.

via Students want more say in district accountability plan process | EdSource Today.

Vallejo school board to discuss budget, academies – Vallejo Times Herald

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Times-Herald staff report Posted:

The Vallejo school board will get its first look Wednesday at a proposed budget for the district.

For months, the Vallejo City Unified School District, like others across the state, has been developing a local control and accountability plan (LCAP) as part of a new model for school funding in California that demands input from stakeholders.

Out of that plan, the district has developed a budget under the local control funding formula. In its first year, the formula provides more money to districts with high concentrations of low-income students, foster youth and English language learners.

via Vallejo school board to discuss budget, academies – Vallejo Times Herald.

LCAP on Tuesday’s Dixon Unified School District board agenda – The Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

A key element of Gov. Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, LCAPs lay out in detail what educators, governing boards, and teachers must do to educate students and how they are going to measure results.

Among other things, accountability plans mandate meetings with community stakeholders and give more power to principals and boards of trustees as they seek to focus on student achievement for all and narrow the so-called “achievement gap,” the difference in standardized test outcomes between various ethnic groups.

Already underway, the district’s plan comes as most states, including California, are beginning to put into place the new Common Core State Standards, what students are expected to know at each grade level, another historic change in American education.

via LCAP on Tuesday’s Dixon Unified School District board agenda – The Reporter.

Employee contracts, LCAP update, governor’s budget on Fairfield-Suisun agenda tonight – The Reporter

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By Richard Bammer

When Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District leaders meet tonight, they will preside over public hearings and possible approval of successor contracts for district support employees, then hear updates on the Local Control Accountability Plan, and how Gov. Jerry Brown’s the 2014-15 budget will affect the district and teachers.

Led by Marylou Wilson, assistant superintendent of human resources, public hearings will be held for several items: 1) an addendum to the agreement between Chapter 302 of the California School Employees Association, the clerical/technical/business services unit, and the district; 2) for the district’s proposal to the Chapter 302 of the CSEA, the support/operations unit, also for a successor contract.

The governing board may or may not approve the successor contracts.

via Employee contracts, LCAP update, governor’s budget on Fairfield-Suisun agenda tonight – The Reporter.

School district gets paperwork in order – Benicia Herald

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By Keri Luiz

A draft of the Local Control Accountability Plan, used for measuring the progress of Benicia’s schools, will be reviewed Thursday by trustees.

The board also will consider an annual “declaration of need” for fully qualified educators, and a reduction in some school services.

The LCAP must be in place for a school district to receive Local Control Funding Formula LCCF monies from the state. Through the LCCF, funds have been rolled into a base funding per student, plus a supplemental grant add-on for English learners, socioeconomically needy students and foster youth.

The LCCF provides about $6,321 per student, and the funding is based on attendance of the students, not just enrollment.

via School district gets paperwork in order.