1. Building the Parent Voice
LCFF & LCAP YEAR TWO
Building the Parent Voice
Hello and thank you for coming this afternoon. I will be walking you through this presentation to help you get more familiar with the Local Control Funding Formula. I hope you find this informative and are able to bring this information home to your local schools as a tool to advocate for what your students need to be successful in school and beyond. Please write down your questions as we go along so we can answer them in our Q&A portion of the presentation.

3. Local Control Funding Formula
Enacted as a trailer bill to the Budget Act (Assembly Bill 97)
Major restructuring of school finance formula
Makes fundamental changes to how Prop 98 funds are allocated
Prop 98 establishes the minimum funding level for K-14 education
The Legislature & the Governor decide on an annual basis at what level to fund education
The LCFF is the model by which state funds are allocated to school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education
Before LCFF you probably heard terms such as revenue limits and categorical programs – these are changing to base, supplemental and concentration grants – and we will be explaining these terms to you.
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Definitions:
Revenue limits are the amount of money each district received per student
Categorical programs – money given to school districts was given but restricted to particular programs

4. For each at-risk student
LCFF
Per Pupil Funding
Under LCFF
Concentration Grant
50% of Base Grant
Supplemental Grant
20% of Base Grant
For each at-risk student
Base Grant
Grades K-3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7&8
Grades 9-12
Actual funding will depend on district’s prior revenue levels along with other factors.
Concentration Grant
Districts/counties with over 55% of at-risk students receive additional per student concentration grant
Supplemental Grant for at-risk students
Low Income
English Learners
Foster Youth
Base Grant based on grade level
Target equal base grants per pupil adjusted for four grade spans will be the same for all students at all school districts and charter schools
Funding consists of a Base Grant based on grade level and supplemental grants for at-risk students who are: Low Income, English learners and Foster youth.
Districts with over 55% at risk students receive an additional per student concentration grant.

5. Here’s a graphic presentation of how LCFF simplifies funding for local school districts.
All districts will receive the same base grant for every student.
Adjustments will then be made to the base grant for at-risk students:
Low Income (based on Free and Reduce Price Lunch qualifications)
English Learners
Foster Youth
Districts will receive additional funding for each student they have that are in one of these categories.
Districts with over 55% at risk students will receive an additional amount for each student over 55%.

6. How should funds be spent?
Spending on High-Need Students
Districts are required to spend no less on high-needs students than they have in the past
And should add to this spending with new LCFF funds
Use of Supplemental & Concentration Grants
Districts must use their supplemental and concentration funds to increase or improve services for its high-need students
Base Grants
Base funding is intended to support the district’s general educational services and operations

7. LCFF is the new way funds are distributed – first real change in 40 years
Districts will receive up to three grants: Base Grants/Supplemental grants/Concentration grants
Supplemental and concentration grants are based on the number of students who are low income, English learners or foster youth
Districts are required to spend supplemental and concentration grants to increase or improve services for high-need students
The law requires districts to engage students, teachers, parents and community members in the LCAP
The last bullet is important. Your district is REQUIRED to listen to you and your community.
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8. Local Control and Accountability Plan
We are going to break this down so you have the tools to bring this info back home.
The Basics

9. Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is a critical part of the new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).
describes the overall vision for students, annual goals and specific actions districts will take to achieve the vision and goals.
must address the needs of all students
must link the district plan with the district budget
Each school district must engage parents, students, educators, employees and the community to establish plans.
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The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is a critical part of the new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).
describes the overall vision for students, annual goals and specific actions districts will take to achieve the vision and goals.
must address the needs of all students
must link the district plan with the district budget
Each school district must engage parents, students, educators, employees and the community to establish plans.

10. ALL Districts are required to adopt Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs)
By July 1 each year districts must adopt their plans which will be linked to their budget
Must use SBE-adopted LCAP template
Must solicit input from stakeholders
LCAP adopted every three years and updated annually
Districts must set goals in eight state priority areas for the district and all school sites
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ALL Districts are required to adopt Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs)
By July 1 each year districts must adopt their plans which will be linked to their budget
Must use SBE-adopted LCAP template
Must solicit input from stakeholders
LCAP adopted every three years and updated annually
Districts must set goals in eight state priority areas for the district and all school sites

11. GET FAMILIAR WITH THE LCAP’s 8 STATE PRIORITES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) –
Three Categories for Planning Purposes
Conditions of Learning
Basic Services
Implementation of
State Standards
Course Access
Student Outcomes
Student Achievement
Other Student Outcomes
Engagement
Student Engagement
School Climate
Parent Involvement
Now we will look at 8 state priorities as they are laid out in the LCAP template developed by the SBE and required for use by the districts
The eight priorities are divided into three categories:
Conditions of learning
Student outcomes
Engagement
Each area must me addressed in the LCAP for each school site and for all subgroups.
GET FAMILIAR WITH THE LCAP’s 8 STATE PRIORITES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

12. CONDITIONS OF LEARNING
BASIC SERVICES
IMPLEMENTATION OF
STATE STANDARDS
COURSE ACCESS
FOCUS PLANNING ON ASSESSING TO WHAT EXTENT:
TEACHERS ARE QUALIFIED AND APPROPRIATELY ASSIGNED
SCHOOL FACILITIES ARE IN GOOD REPAIR
STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO STANDARDS-ALIGNED MATERIALS AND ARE RECEIVING INSTRUCTION THAT IS ALIGNED WITH STATE-ADOPTED CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY
Basic Services- basically Williams Settlement
Rate of teacher mis-assignment
Student access to standards-aligned materials
Facilities in good repair
Implementation of State Standards
Common Core State Standards
English Language Development
Next Generation Science Standards
Course Access
Student access and enrollment in all required areas of study
Questions you might ask: How old are our books? Are our buildings and facilities in working order? Does every child have access to a computer?
When talking about Course Access, does every child have access to arts education? Have we thought about training teachers in arts integration which exposes students to the arts while meeting Common Core state standards? Have we thought about hiring a VAPA(Visual and Performing Arts) coordinator? How can we rehire some physical education teachers?

13. OTHER STUDENT OUTCOMES
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
OTHER STUDENT OUTCOMES
PLANNING WOULD FOCUS ON ASSESSING:
PERFORMANCE ON STANDARDIZED TESTS
PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY
ENGLISH LEARNER CLASSIFICATION RATE
PASS RATE ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS
STUDENT OUTCOMES IN ALL CORE CURRICULUM AREAS
B. Pupil Outcomes
Student Achievement
Performance on Standardized tests
College & Career ready
ELs become English proficient
Reclassification rate
AP test scores
EAP scores (The Early Assessment Program (EAP) is designed to provide students, their families, and high schools with early signals about students’ readiness for college-level English and mathematics.)
Other Pupil Outcomes
Other indicators of student performance

14. ENGAGEMENT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT PARENT INVOLVEMENT SCHOOL CLIMATE
FOCUS PLANNING ON MEASURING:
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATES INCLUDING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM
DROPOUT AND GRADUATION RATES
SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION RATES
PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN DECISION MAKING AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH YOU PROMOTE THE PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS
THE DEGREE TO WHICH STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AND CONNECTED TO SCHOOL
C. Engagement
Parent Involvement
Efforts to seek parent involvement
Promotion of parent participation
 Pupil Engagement
Attendance rates
Chronic absenteeism – missing more than 10 days per year or two days per month
Middle school & high school dropouts
Graduation rates
School Climate
Student suspension rates
Student expulsion
Other local measures
Questions you might ask around school climate include: How do we define an absence? Do we know if student health is a factor contributing to our chronically absent students or to student absences generally? Can we look into offering some school-based health services so that students don't have to miss school?
Arts education keeps students engaged and enhances the learning of other subjects. How can we increase or improve the effectiveness of our arts programs so that more students are enrolled?

15. Purpose of the LCAP Long Term Goal Setting Tracking Progress
Accountability
The purpose of the LCAP is long term goal setting – sharing the vision of what our community thinks our schools should look like – always keeping the focus on what students need to be successful.
The LCAP is about tracking progress – it is a three year plan with annual review and updates:
Are we making progress toward our goals?
Do are goals need to be adjusted based on current outcomes?
What is working? How can we expand on these actions?
What isn’t working and what is the district doing to change the plan?
The LCAP is about accountability – LOCAL control and ACCOUNTABILTY plan. We have to be engaged at the local level, reviewing what is happening and asking questions because as parents and community members it is up to us to hold our district accountable for student outcomes – and join in a commitment to stay engaged to improve on the quality of the LCAP’s process and content over time.

16. When is your district reviewing the LCAP?
What kinds of questions are they asking as look at the plan”
Are our goals still applicable?
Have we made progress?
Is what we are doing effective? In so, how? Can we expand? If not, why not? How can we change to be more effective?
How do new revenue projections change our plans for next year?
Have parents been involved in the review? Remember parent, student and community engagement is REQUIRED in this process.

17. Required Representation from Parent Groups
Parent Advisory Committee
Low Income rep
Foster Youth rep
All Parents
District EL Parent Advisory Committee (if district enrollment includes):
15% ELs
At least 50 EL pupils
English Learner rep
If students are part of one or more of these subgroups, parents or families must be included in the Parent Advisory Group.
Members of pre-existing committees (DELAC) may be included in the LCAP EL Parent Advisory Committee.
The statute REQUIRES districts to have Parent Advisory Committees and EL Parent Advisory Committees if there are a minimum number of English Language Learners.
This slide shows what the committees are and how they should be structured.
You can work with your district on outreach but the critical piece here is that your district MUST have at least a Parent Advisory Committee – and to be considered a parent committee – the committee must consist of at least 51% parents.
Credit: CCSESA/BASC/CISC

18. LCFF & LCAP are huge opportunities for us as parents to shape the vision for our children’s education and make it happen.
This is the message we should be presenting to our parents
Now is time to engage
And we need you to carry the message once you leave here today – so remember your questions and ask them. Ask us for help in how to plan outreach.
This is an opportunity for us to build parent voice and we need to act.

19. What can you do now?
Talk with other parents and connect with your local PTA
Download information from your school district’s website or
Learn more about the eight key areas of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and how they can help your child succeed.
So what can you do now?
The important thing is to act – you need to get involved and as a PTA leader help others get involved.
Talk with other parents, your PTA, community groups.
Look at the LCAP part of your district’s website.
Learn more about the 8 state priorities and how they can help your child and all children succeed.
Ask what your district is doing to expand parent engagement. Offer to help with outreach.
Share your ideas – with your school board, administrators and others – get talking about what you want your schools to look like.
Talk to your children’s teacher and principal about the LCAP plan goals for your school – are they having an impact?
Find out what your school district is doing to engage you and all parents.
Share your ideas directly with administrators and school board members.
Talk to your children’s teacher and principal about the LCAP plan goals for your school – are they having an impact?

20. Questions to ask about process:
What is the timetable for creating the
LCAP and the Budget?
How will you involve parents and community members? Are parents receiving information in the languages spoken in the home?
Has the parent advisory committee been selected? When and where will the committee meetings be held?
Do we have an DELAC – District English Learner Advisory Committee? When will they be giving input into the plan?
How will the plan be shared with parents & community members? When and where will the public hearing be held?
Questions to ask about process:
What is the timetable for creating the LCAP and the Budget?
How will you involve parents and community members? Are parents receiving information in the languages spoken in the home?
Has the parent advisory committee been selected? When and where will the committee meetings be held?
Do we have an DELAC – District English Learner Advisory Committee? When will they be giving input into the plan?
How will the plan be shared with parents & community members? When and where will the public hearing be held?
These are important questions for you to be asking your district. Your role is two-fold:
Working to educate and engage more parents
Working with the district to ensure a good LCAP process

21. Don’t wait to get involved in the process
Build understanding of the new statutes and requirements
Parents and community members need to understand where districts are starting from to know what investments can be made short-term & long-term
The priorities in the LCAP are clear and are required of every district – this empowers stakeholders: connection with the community is required by law
The LCAP is linked to the budget and is a 3 year plan – this provides an opportunity to develop a vision for what parents and communities want their schools to look like in the future
Houri begins –
Don’t wait to get involved in the process:
Build understanding of the new statutes and requirements
Parents and community members need to understand where districts are starting from to know what investments can be made short-term & long-term
The priorities in the LCAP are clear and are required of every district – this empowers stakeholders: connection with the community is required by law
The LCAP is linked to the budget and is a 3 year plan – this provides an opportunity to develop a vision for what parents and communities want their schools to look like in the future

23. Budget basics to keep in mind
This is about your district’s General Fund budget only
LCFF funds account for just a portion of the district’s General Fund
Everything is still in transition
This is an ongoing process – you still need to give input/get involved
Houri –
Budget basics to keep in mind:
This is about your district’s General Fund budget only
LCFF funds account for just a portion of the district’s General Fund
Everything is still in transition – districts are still recovering from the cuts during the recession
This is an ongoing process – you still need to give input/get involved

24. District Budgets are built based on:
The number of students
Who the students are
LCFF and other revenues
Expenditures for a “basic program”
Fiscal responsibility
Employee contracts including pension obligations
Use of LCFF supplemental & concentration $$ for high need students
Tie expenditures to goals
And your district’s budget is built based on:
The number of students
Who the students are and what their needs are
LCFF and other revenues – does your district receive Federal $$, do you have bond money?
Expenditures for a “basic program”
Fiscal responsibility – districts have to show a balanced budget for 3 years – not like the state or federal government who can deficit spend
Employee contracts including pension obligations – are your district employees due for a raise? And all districts have increasing responsibility for the state’s pension obligations
Use of LCFF supplemental & concentration $$ for high need students
The new requirement in LCAP that districts must tie expenditures to goals

25. Plan to get involved and stay involved.
Remember this is not a sprint but a marathon: LCFF is the way schools receive funds
Plan to get involved and stay involved.

26. Available in English and Spanish
PTA Resources
LCAP Quick Guides
LCAP Quick Guides – these resources show
how progress is measured,
key questions to ask and
links to additional resources.
Use to evaluate your district’s LCAP
Basic Overview
Available in English and Spanish

27. The framework for family engagement in the LCAPs
State Priority – Parent Engagement
The framework for family engagement in the LCAPs
Learn more –

28. Additional Resources for Parents
Ed100 – not only great lessons about how districts work and what the key issues in education are – with background
Also a great parent checklist to use when evaluating your district’s website.
AND they sometimes have contests where you can earn $$ for your PTA’s advocacy efforts.
Definitely a great resource to help educate your parents so that they can engage more effectivelyl

29. New resource on CDE Website – Funding Snapshot Look up your district’s LCFF funding data
The LCFF Funding Snapshot is a new resource on the CDE website
Page 1 is a summary of the main LCFF funding components for your district.
Page 2 gives brief descriptions of the components shown on page 1.
The information can be downloaded to a PDF for review and sharing.
The CDE website has a new resource – Funding Snapshot
While it is a little bit technical, it is a great place for you to look at the funding your district receives through LCFF.
It shows:
Number of students per grade span
ADA numbers
Unduplicated pupil %
And it shows the dollars your district received in each of the grant categories
Base, supplemental and concentration
It is literally a snap shot of your district’s funding on a page – and can be helpful when talking to parents about district budgets and plans.

30. Building the Parent voice
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31. QUESTIONS?