LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA &

LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS

Town Hall MeetingSpecial Guest, Ted Lempert Tuesday, April 1, 2014

AGENDA

Welcome      

Local Control Funding Formula – LCFF  

Local Control Accountability Plans – LCAP

Community Input

Closing  

LCAP PROCESS

 Strategic Plan

LCFF/LCAP 

Parent/Community Engagement School Sites (Site Council, Student Groups, PTA,

ELAC) Town Hall Meeting Broader Community

8 State Priorities/Your feedback!

LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULASPECIAL TOWN HALL MEETING

APRIL 1, 2014

HOW WE ARRIVED AT LCFF

LCFF was four decades in the making

A diverse coalition of education, equity, business, parent and civic leaders, in concert with the Governor’s leadership, made LCFF a reality in 2013

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WHAT DOES LCFF MEAN FOR SCHOOL FUNDING? Historic investment of in high need students: $10 billion

once LCFF is fully implemented

LCFF addressed part of the school funding problem:

• Now we know how schools are funded by the state

• Local communities will have greater control over what to invest in

• We still need to invest more in public education: California is 49th in the nation in our investment

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HOW DOES THE FORMULA WORK?

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WE WILL TRANSITION TO LCFF BASED ON AVAILABLE STATE FUNDING

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Funding increases each year depending

on how much new Prop. 98 dollars

are available until target is reached.

Current year revenue

limit funding

Categorical funding

Growth

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Every school district will be starting different places based on historic patterns

Reserve Levels

Reserve surplus in order to weather Proposition 30 uncertainty

Minor deficit spending during the

downturn

Severe deficit spending, further cuts

required this year

Cuts to the Core Program

Able to forgo deep cuts

Able to reinvest in core programs in the

current year

Deep cuts to core program requiring a multi year recovery

LCFF annual growth in funding

Above average growth Statewide average growth Below average growth

Alignment between “base” funds & current expenditures

Able to maintain and expand districtwide expenditures with

“base” funding levels

Misalignment between “base”

funding amounts, but in 2-3 years funding

will match

Severe misalignment between “base”

funding amounts and districtwide

expenditures

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Every Community is Unique

2007-08

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

State Revenue Included in LCFF Other State/Federal/LocalCommunity Support

Personnel Costs Other Expenditures

REVENUE VS. EXPENSES (PER ADA)

Base State Revenue doesn’t get back to 2007-08 levels until 2015-16

Revenue doesn’t catch up to expenses until 2018-19

(~16% of revenue)

(~79% of expenses)

REVENUE OVERLAY (PER ADA)

Much of the deficit for 2013-14 and 2014-15 is paid from one-time funding sources, such as the proceeds from last year’s legal settlement. Those sources are fully expended

by 2015-16.

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-2021

9,000

10,000

11,000

12,000

$356/ADA($1M)

$513/ADA($1.5M)

$290/ADA($850K)

$311/ADA($920K)

$192/ADA($570K)

$56/ADA($170K)

Expenditures in Excess of Revenue

Total Revenue

TOTAL PROJECTED RESERVES

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

4,000,000

4,500,000

5,000,000

3% minimum reserve level

15% reserve benchmark

LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS(LCAPS)

• By July 1 each year districts will be

required to adopt their plans which will

for the first time be linked to the their

budget

• Plan must address how district will

meet goals for state and local priorities

for the district and all school sites

• State priorities extend beyond

academic goals and also include

parental involvement, student

engagement and school climate

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PLAN MUST MEET STATE AND LOCAL PRIORITIES

1. Providing all students access to fully credentialed teachers, instructional materials that align with state standards and safe facilities.

2. Implementation of California’s academic standards, including the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and math, Next Generation Science Standards, English language development, health education and physical education standards.

3. Parent involvement and participation, so the local community is engaged in the decision-making process and the educational programs of students.

4. Improving student achievement and outcomes along multiple measures, including test scores, English proficiency and college and career preparedness.

5. Supporting student engagement, promoting positive school climate and providing access to a broad course of study.

6. Highlighting school climate and connectedness through suspension and expulsion rates and other locally identified means.

7. Ensuring all students have access to classes that prepare them for college and careers, regardless of what school they attend or where they live.

8. Measuring other important student outcomes related to required areas of study, including physical education and the arts.

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PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

There are specific points in the development of the LCAP that necessitate parental involvement

• Districts must establish parent advisory

committees to provide advice to the district

regarding the LCAP

• State Priority - Increasing parental involvement, including

district efforts to seek parent input in decision-making

and promoting parental participation in programs for high needs

and special education students

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BUILD RELATIONSHIPS: PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY

Groups and local stakeholders across California are organizing to engage in LCFF planning efforts.

• Who are active stakeholders so far?• Are there other partners that could be engaged?

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LCFF sets a target for every district that will be phased in over several years.

Upon full implementation of LCFF funding, what outcomes,services and support does the district community envision willbe in place for students?

The LCAP is a three year planWhat are the intermediate steps that can be achieved in thenext three year window to support that vision?

Each year the district has to adopt a budget aligned to the LCAP.What strategic investments can be made next year that arealigned and moving toward that vision?

What can districts and communities do now?

Focus on long-term, multiyear planning

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What can districts and communities do now?

Implement early, ongoing and meaningful community engagement

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LCFF is based on the idea that locally-made decisions will be more reflective of both the needs of children and the goals and aspirations of parents and the community for their children.

Effective engagement strategies build understanding and support for difficult decisions about where to focus scarce resources.

Increased transparency about budgets is essential to build orrebuild trust and increase community support for public education.

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California Department of Education• Website: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/lc/

• Questions: lcff@cde.ca.gov

• LCFF Listserv: join-LCFF-list@mlist.cde.ca.gov

WestEd LCFF Implementation: http://lcff.wested.org/

Children Nowhttp://www.childrennow.org/school_funding_reform

http://caweightedformula.com/

For additional resources

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COMMUNITY INPUT