Report 2019-101 Recommendation 8 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 #8 To: Education, State Board of

To ensure that districts and other local educational agencies produce clear and effective LCAPs and to reduce the likelihood of stakeholder complaints, by April 2020 the State Board should revise the instructions for the LCAP template to include, as best practices, key information from CDE's stakeholder complaint decisions about how districts and other local educational agencies can successfully demonstrate that they have principally directed districtwide spending for services toward intended student groups.

60-Day Agency Response

Consistent with the October 17, 2019 response letter, the Board's January 2020 meeting agenda included an item recommending that the Board adopt a revised template with instructions that incorporate the key information from CDE's UCP decisions on this topic. The SBE adopted the revised template on January 8, 2020.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

Our review of the revised LCAP template and instructions approved by the board found that they include key information from CDE's stakeholder complaint decisions we noted in our report.

All Recommendations in 2019-101

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.