Report 2019-101 Recommendation Responses
Report 2019-101: K-12 Local Control Funding: The State's Approach Has Not Ensured That Significant Funding Is Benefiting Students as Intended to Close Achievement Gaps (Release Date: November 2019)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To provide additional data for the State and other stakeholders and to align spending information with the dashboard indicators or other student outcomes, the Legislature should require CDE to update its accounting manual to direct districts and other local educational agencies to track and report to it the total amount of supplemental and concentration funds they received and spend each year.
Description of Legislative Action
SB 98 (Chapter 24, Statutes of 2020) appropriated $450,000 to CDE to support the alignment and integration of the online platforms supporting the California School Dashboard, the LCAP Electronic Template System, and the School Accountability Report Card. Of these funds, no less than $50,000 shall be used to hire an outside consultant with expertise in user design and $50,000 is available to facilitate stakeholder sessions.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: July 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
AB 1834 (Weber/Quirk-Silva, 2020) would have required each LEA, commencing July 1, 2021, to annually report to Education the types of services on which it spends its supplemental and concentration grant funds using the tracking mechanism developed by the department. This bill failed passage due to adjournment of the 2019-20 Regular Legislative Session.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: November 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
As of May 5, 2020, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: May 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of January 2020, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2020