LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY

LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN AN EXCITING TIME FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR SCHOOLS

Videos available at http: //www. capta. org/lcff

Local Control Funding Formula

LCFF: Aligns with our values 8 AREAS OF STATE PRIORITY THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED IN LCAPS - Student Achievement: Performance on the standardized tests, score on API, % of students that are college and career ready, % of EL students that become English proficient and reclassification rate, % of students that pass AP exams. - Student Engagement: School attendance rates, chronic absenteeism rates, middle school dropout rates, high school drop out rates, high school graduation rates. - Other Student Outcomes: Student performance in other exams and other indicators. - School Climate: Student suspension rates, student expulsion rates; other local measures. CALIFORNIA STATE PTA ADVOCACY GOALS Supporting the needs of vulnerable children - - Access to a full curriculum for every child that includes physical education, arts and STEM - Highly effective educators in every classroom - Standards, assessments and accountability that best serve every child's needs - Parent Involvement: Efforts to seek parent input, promotion of parental participation. - Safety and positive school climate - Basic Services: Rate of teacher misassignment, student access to standardsaligned instructional materials, facilities in good repair. - Early childhood education - Implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS): Implementation of CCSS for all students, including EL. - Course Access: Student access and enrollment in a full curriculum. - Healthy lifestyles and access to support services for physical, emotional, social and mental health

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 GET FAMILIAR WITH THE LCAP’s 8 STATE PRIORITES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

CONDITIONS OF LEARNING BASIC SERVICES FOCUS PLANNING ON ASSESSING TO WHAT EXTENT: o o IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE STANDARDS o o COURSE ACCESS 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 STATEADOPTED CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY

STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PLANNING WOULD FOCUS ON ASSESSING: o o o OTHER STUDENT OUTCOMES o o 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

ENGAGEMENT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT FOCUS PLANNING ON MEASURING: o o PARENT INVOLVEMENT SCHOOL CLIMATE o o o 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

LCFF & LCAP are huge opportunities for us as parents to shape the vision for our children’s education and make it happen.

What can you do now? • Find out what your school district is doing to engage you and all parents. • Share your ideas directly with administrators and school board members. • Attend a meeting or volunteer to serve on a committee. • Talk with your children’s teachers and principal about the new law.

What can you do now? • Talk with other parents and connect with your local PTA • Download information from your school district’s website or www. capta. org • Learn more about the eight key areas of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and how they can help your child succeed.

The Framework for Your School District’s Local Control and Accountability Plan http: //www. capta. org/lcff

Questions to ask: • 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 ELAC or DLAC committee? When will they be giving input into the plan?

Additional questions to ask: • How will the plan be shared with parents & community members? When and where will the public hearing be held? • How and when will you be responding in writing to input as required by law? • At which school board meeting will the LCAP be adopted? How will you be publicizing the meeting and will you allow adequate time for community input? • How are you planning for next steps? Annual review process?

Speaking up for every child… What happens when you participate in the process but don’t get any traction? When you don’t feel the parent voice is being heard? Continue to have conversations. Bring others to ask the same questions – there is power in numbers. Focus on what you are trying to accomplish and not on the exact way you think it should be done. Is there an alternate solution? Is there a compromise? Start at the beginning and persist. Did you talk to the principal? SSC president/members? Teachers at the school site? District Administrator? Superintendent? School Board?