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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 at edsource@edsource.org with the subject line “LCFF resources.”
Primers (LCFF basics and links to more resources)
Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) how-tos and checklist
Resources for engaging parents
LCAP builders
School Facilities and the LCFF
Legislation that would remove one of the last tests teachers are required to take to earn a credential in California passed the Senate Education Committee.
Part-time instructors, many who work for decades off the tenure track and at a lower pay rate, have been called “apprentices to nowhere.”
A bill to mandate use of the method will not advance in the Legislature this year in the face of teachers union opposition.
Nearly a third of the 930 districts statewide that reported data had a higher rate of chronic absenteeism in 2022-23 than the year before.