Policy 0460 - Local Control Accountability Plan

The Board of Education desires to ensure the most effective use of available state funding to improve outcomes for all students. A community-based, comprehensive, data-driven planning process shall be used to identify annual goals and specific actions aligned with state and local priorities and to facilitate continuous improvement of district practices.

 

The Board of Education shall adopt a districtwide local control and accountability plan (LCAP), using the template provided by the State Board of Education, which addresses the state priorities specified in Education Code 52060. The LCAP shall be effective for three years and shall be updated on or before July 1 of each year.

 

In addition, the LCAP shall address any local priorities adopted by the Board.

 

The LCAP shall focus on improving outcomes for all students, particularly those who are "unduplicated students" and other underperforming students.

 

Unduplicated students include students who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, English learners, and foster youth and are counted only once for purposes of the local control funding formula.

 

To minimize duplication of effort and provide clear direction for program implementation, the LCAP and other district and school plans shall be aligned to the extent possible.

 

The Superintendent or designee shall review the single plan for student achievement (SPSA) submitted by each district school pursuant to Education Code 64001 to ensure that the specific actions included in the LCAP or the annual update are consistent with strategies included in the SPSA.

 

Any complaint that the district has not complied with legal requirements pertaining to the LCAP may be filed pursuant to AR 1312.3 - Uniform Complaint Procedures.

 

The Superintendent or designee shall gather data and information needed for effective and meaningful plan development and present it to the Board and community. Such data and information shall include, but not be limited to, data regarding the numbers of students in various student subgroups, disaggregated data on student achievement levels, and information about current programs and expenditures.

 

The Board of Education shall consult with teachers, principals, administrators, other school personnel, employee bargaining units, parents/guardians, and students in developing the LCAP.

 

The Board shall establish the following committee(s) to review and comment on the LCAP:

 

The Superintendent or designee shall present the LCAP or the annual update to the committee(s) before it is submitted to the Board of Education for adoption, and shall respond in writing to comments received from the committee(s).

 

The Superintendent or designee shall notify members of the public of the opportunity to submit written comments regarding the specific actions and expenditures proposed to be included in the LCAP or the annual update to the LCAP. The notification shall be provided using the most efficient method of notification possible, which may not necessarily include producing printed notices or sending notices by mail. All written notifications related to the LCAP or the annual update shall be provided in the primary language of parents/guardians whenever there is 15% or more of a single language other than English in the District.

 

The Board shall hold at least one public hearing to solicit the recommendations and comments of members of the public regarding the specific actions and expenditures proposed to be included in the LCAP or the annual update. The public hearing shall be held at the same meeting as the public hearing required prior to the adoption of the district budget in accordance with Education Code 42127 and AR 3100 - Budget.

 

 

Prior to adopting the district budget, but at the same public meeting, the Board shall adopt the LCAP or the annual update. This meeting shall be held after the public hearing described above, but not on the same day as the hearing.

 

The Board may adopt revisions to the LCAP at any time during the period in which the plan is in effect, provided the Board follows the process to adopt the LCAP pursuant to Education Code 52062 and the revisions are adopted in a public meeting.

 

Not later than five days after adoption of the LCAP or the annual update to the LCAP, the Board shall file the LCAP or the annual update with the County Superintendent of Schools.

 

If the County Superintendent sends, by August 15, a written request for clarification of the contents of the LCAP or the annual update, the Board shall respond in writing within 15 days of the request. If the County Superintendent then submits recommendations for amendments to the LCAP within 15 days of receiving the Board's response, the Board shall consider those recommendations in a public meeting within 15 days of receiving the recommendations.

 

The Superintendent or designee shall report to the Board, at least annually in accordance with the timeline and indicators established by him/her and the Board, regarding the district's progress toward attaining each goal identified in the LCAP. Evaluation data shall be used to recommend any necessary revisions to the LCAP.

 

When it is in the best interest of the district, the Board of Education may submit a request to the County Superintendent for technical assistance, including, but not limited to:

 

In the event that the County Superintendent requires the district to receive technical assistance pursuant to Education Code 52071, the Board shall review all recommendations received from the County Superintendent or other advisor and shall consider revisions to the LCAP as appropriate in accordance with the process specified in Education Code 52062.

 

If the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) identifies the district as needing intervention pursuant to Education Code 52072, the district shall cooperate with any action taken by the SPI or any academic advisor appointed by the SPI, which may include one or more of the following:

 

Content of the Plan

The district's local control and accountability plan (LCAP) shall include, for the district and each district school:

1. A description of the annual goals established for all students and for each numerically significant subgroup as defined in Education Code 52052, including ethnic subgroups, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, English learners, students with disabilities, and foster youth. The LCAP shall identify goals for each of the following state priorities:

    

   1. The degree to which district teachers are appropriately assigned in accordance with Education Code 44258.9 and fully credentialed in the subject areas and for the students they are teaching; every district student has sufficient access to standards-aligned instructional materials as determined pursuant to Education Code 60119; and school facilities are maintained in good repair as specified in Education Code 17002

       

   2. Implementation of the academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE), including how the programs and services will enable English learners to access the Common Core State Standards and the English language development standards for purposes of gaining academic content knowledge and English language proficiency

       

   3. Parent/guardian involvement, including efforts the district makes to seek parent/guardian input in district and school site decision making and how the district will promote parent/guardian participation in programs for unduplicated students, as defined in Education Code 42238.02 and Board policy

   4. Student achievement, as measured by all of the following as applicable:

       

      1. Statewide assessments of student achievement

          

      2. Academic Performance Index

          

      3. The percentage of students who have successfully completed courses that satisfy the requirements for entrance to the University of California and the California State University, or career technical education sequences or programs of study that satisfy specified requirements and align with SBE-approved career technical education standards and frameworks, including, but not limited to, those described in Education Code 52302, 52372.5, or 54692

          

      4. The percentage of English learners who make progress toward English proficiency as measured by the SBE- certified assessment of English proficiency

          

      5. The English learner reclassification rate

          

      6. The percentage of students who have passed an advanced placement examination with a score of 3 or higher

          

      7. The percentage of students who participate in and demonstrate college preparedness in the Early Assessment Program pursuant to Education Code 99300- 99301

          

   5. Student engagement, as measured by school attendance rates, chronic absenteeism rates, middle school dropout rates, high school dropout rates, and high school graduation rates, as applicable

       

   6. School climate, as measured by student suspension and expulsion rates and other local measures, including surveys of students, parents/guardians, and teachers on the sense of safety and school connectedness, as applicable

       

   7. The extent to which students have access to and are enrolled in a broad course of study that includes all of the subject areas described in Education Code 51210 and 51220, as applicable, including the programs and services developed and provided to unduplicated students and students with disabilities, and the programs and services that are provided to benefit these students as a result of supplemental and concentration grant funding pursuant to Education Code 42238.02 and 42238.03

       

   8. Student outcomes, if available, in the subject areas described in Education Code 51210 and 51220, as applicable

       

2. Any goals identified for any local priorities established by the Board of Education.

    

3. A description of the specific actions the district will take during each year of the LCAP to achieve the identified goals, including the enumeration of any specific actions necessary for that year to correct any deficiencies in regard to the state and local priorities specified in items #1-2 above. Such actions shall not supersede provisions of existing collective bargaining agreements within the district.

 

For purposes of the descriptions required by items #1-3 above, the Board of Education may consider qualitative information, including, but not limited to, findings that result from any school quality reviews conducted pursuant to Education Code 52052 or any other reviews.

For any local priorities addressed in the LCAP, the Board of Education and Superintendent or designee shall identify the method for measuring the district's progress toward achieving those goals.

To the extent practicable, data reported in the LCAP shall be reported in a manner consistent with how information is reported on a school accountability report card.

Annual Updates

On or before July 1 of each year, the LCAP shall be updated using the template developed by the SBE and shall include all of the following:

1. A review of any changes in the applicability of the goals described in the existing LCAP pursuant to the section "Content of the Plan" above

2. A review of the progress toward the goals included in the existing LCAP, an assessment of the effectiveness of the specific actions described in the existing LCAP toward achieving the goals, and a description of changes to the specific actions the district will make as a result of the review and assessment

3. A listing and description of the expenditures for the fiscal year implementing the specific actions included in the LCAP and the changes to the specific actions made as a result of the reviews and assessment required by items #1-2 above

4. A listing and description of expenditures for the fiscal year that will serve unduplicated students and students redesignated as fluent English proficient

 

Availability of the Plan

The Superintendent or designee shall post the LCAP and any updates or revisions to the LCAP on the district's web site.