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San Bernardino County Board adopts 2025–26 LCAP after discussion of state BOP changes and equity funds
Summary
The San Bernardino County Board of Education voted to adopt the Student Services 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) at its June 18 meeting, following staff presentations about an updated state Budget Overview for Parents and the county’s use of supplemental funding.
The San Bernardino County Board of Education voted to adopt the Student Services 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) at its June 18 meeting, after staff described an updated state Budget Overview for Parents (BOP) format and answered questions about how the county will use supplemental/concentration and other funds to support alternative education students.
The LCAP adoption followed a staff presentation from Student Services, led by Dr. Angela Brantley, and discussion of changes the California Department of Education had made to the county-office BOP showing LCFF funding and the proportion allocated directly to alternative education programs. Dr. Brantley described the county office plan as year two of a three-year LCAP and highlighted actions to support literacy (including Lindamood-Bell training), student support and dual-enrollment pathways to improve college-and-career indicators.
Board members pressed for clarity on several points, including the state’s timeline for the new BOP format, the calculation of the required minimum supplemental/concentration percentage (the plan cites a minimum of 9.048% and a planned allocation of about 11.443%), and whether the plan adds new services or largely carries forward existing actions. Staff explained the BOP change was intended to make LCFF allocations easier for parents to understand and that the 11.443% figure reflects the county’s chosen actions that are funded with LCFF, above the statutory minimum.
Members also discussed metrics and goals in the plan. School staff described how the county measures growth (pre/post STAR assessments) rather than State Dashboard proficiency for some community-school metrics, and defended an ambitious target that 80% of students demonstrate growth over the plan’s three-year term, while acknowledging the county’s transient and high-need student population can complicate year-to-year comparisons.
After public and board discussion, Member MacCachlan moved to approve the Student Services 2025–26 LCAP. The motion carried. One board member recorded a dissent on the LCAP adoption, saying the plan did not propose enough new services to raise students to state proficiency standards.
The LCAP packet attached to board materials includes the full BOP pages, metrics tables, actions tied to goals 1–3 (literacy, college-and-career readiness, equity multiplier actions) and a supplemental-concentration expenditure table.
The board vote completes the county office’s local approval step; the California Department of Education remains the approving authority for county-office LCAP submissions.
Staff follow-up: board members requested an information item or correspondence showing the percentage of unduplicated students countywide (staff agreed to provide the specific percentage in board correspondence), confirmation of which sites generate the equity-multiplier funding, and a clearer explanation of the 9.048% minimum versus the 11.443% planned allocation.
