Pomona Unified previews 2025–26 LCAP changes, outlines $17.4 million in unspent federal recovery funds

Alejandro Villa, Director of State and Federal Programs for Pomona Unified School District, presented the district's proposed 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan on June 11 and described several new and augmented actions intended to ‘‘increase and improve services for our students, especially for our unduplicated, low income, foster youth and English learners.’’

The draft LCAP includes a new parent outreach action, targeted supports for long‑term English learners and identification of Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant, or LREBG, activities. Villa told the board the district has ‘‘approximately $17,400,000 of unexpended LREBG funds’’ that must be used consistent with state law and explained staff will propose how those funds will support specific LCAP actions across sites.

Why it matters: the LCAP drives how Pomona Unified spends Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) resources and related funds on priorities such as basic services, English‑language development, course access and school climate. Embedding LREBG dollars in the LCAP lets the district tie one‑time federal learning recovery money to measurable actions and metrics.

Villa described how the LCAP development process relies on state and local data and input from ‘‘teachers, other school personnel, principals, administrators, students, parents, community members, and local bargaining units.’’ He said the district received 3,718 responses to its annual LCAP survey, an increase of 104% from the prior year, and that themes from the survey informed the proposed changes.

Among proposed additions and augmentations, Villa highlighted: - Goal 3, Action 7: a new ‘‘parent community outreach and engagement’’ action to address barriers to participation and improve equitable access to information at site and district levels. - Goal 4, Action 25: a new action to support long‑term English learners, a student group recently added to the California Dashboard that Villa said needs more targeted supports.

Villa also explained state LCAP guidance now requires LEAs to show how unexpended LREBG funds will be used, how research supports the selected actions, the metrics to monitor effectiveness, and the dollar amounts allocated. He gave one example: Goal 5, Action 10, social‑emotional supports at high schools, which he said would use LREBG dollars to ‘‘support with contracts for comprehensive interventions and mental health services’’ and cited a proposed LREBG allocation of $614,103 for that action through 2026–27.

Staff said the three‑page LCFF Budget Overview for Parents (BOP) and an 18‑page LCAP overview condensing the plan's 200+ pages will be posted for public review. Villa closed by noting the board will consider LCAP adoption June 25; if approved the plan will be submitted to the Los Angeles County Office of Education for final review.

The board opened a two‑week public review period; no public speakers addressed the LCAP at the June 11 hearing.

The district asked stakeholders to submit written comments to the superintendent’s office during the review window and said staff will publish any LCAP findings and recommended edits before the June 25 board vote.