California’s 58 county offices of education generally receive far less attention than the school districts within their geographic boundaries. But they have been given an important role in implementing the financial reforms championed by Gov. Jerry Brown. In particular, they are responsible for approving the Local Control and Accountability Plans that every district is required to draw up. To get a sense of their expanding roles and their views on how LCAPs are working, EdSource conducted interviews with county superintendents of schools in Orange County, Sacramento County, Santa Clara County and Tulare County in May 2016. Click on the boxes below to find out what they had to say.
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