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Resources help decipher the new education funding formula

June 1st, 2014 | Add a Comment | 

The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) has spawned an array of resources to help parents, teachers, principals, school board members and district officials make sense of the new law.

The material ranges from basic explainers to cloud-based software that helps districts craft their draft Local Control Accountability Plans.

Below is a list of resources compiled by EdSource reporters.

Do you know of a resource that should be on this list? Let EdSource know atedsource@edsource.org with the subject line “LCFF resources.”

Primers (LCFF basics and links to more resources)

• California County Superintendents Educational Services Association manual providing guidance to superintendents of county offices of education on the LCAP approval process

• Guidance and links from the Association of California School Administrators

• Basic LCFF and LCAP information from the California PTA

• An LCFF Toolkit from the California School Boards Association

• Tool for calculating district supplemental/concentration dollars by Fair Share 4 Kids, Education Trust-West

• Overview of the Local Control Funding Formula from the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office

• EdSource’s Local Control Funding Formula Guide

• EdSource’s FAQ about the new funding formula

Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) how-tos and checklist

• Guide from WestEd, a San Francisco-based nonprofit education research and development agency, on developing the LCAP

• Three-part webinar by WestEd on how to create an LCAP

• Checklist for evaluating an LCAP from Education-Trust West

Resources for engaging parents

• Advocates’ guide to the LCFF public engagement process from the ACLU of Southern California

• Local Control and Accountability Plan engagement resource from Children Now

• Understanding the new school funding system, a webinar series from Children Now

LCAP builders

• Free LCAP builder from the Los Angeles County Office of Education

• An LCAP builder from Pivot Learning Partners

• LCAP builder from the Association of California School Administrators

• Online help from the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT)

This report is part of EdSource’s Following the School Funding Formula project, tracking the implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula in selected school districts around the state

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