Public comment is being invited on draft plans schools will use when creating spending plans and setting campus priorities over the next several years. Credit: EdSource file
The public has an opportunity, though not much time, to provide suggestions on a draft of the Local Control Accountability Plan or LCAP, the primary tool or template that school districts will use in writing a spending plan for the new state funding formula.
WestEd, the consultant working for the State Board of Education to develop the accountability plan, posted the eight-page document this week and is inviting comments to be emailed to lcff@wested.org before the next revision is posted on Dec. 20. Still to come is the companion piece
The draft LCAP template lays out the process that each district must follow and the forms it must complete to document its use of LCFF money. The template requires districts to cite student achievement goals, data that a district used to choose those goals, specific actions – with dollars attached – to accomplish them, and metrics to measure progress. If, for example, data show that the high school dropout rate for English learners is high, the district could choose that as a primary goal, specify how it plans to deal with it – hire more guidance counselors or add Partnership Academies offering mentorships, perhaps – detail costs and designate specific schools that will get