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Orange Unified trustees review LCFF/LCAP priorities; trustees press staff on equity, registration and data
Summary
Trustees received an overview of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and the district's Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) actions, pressed staff about equity in expanded-learning registration and transportation for CTE access, and asked for clearer, site-level data and regular updates as LCAP development begins in October.
Orange Unified School District trustees spent the evening reviewing the district's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and a selection of Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) actions, focusing on how supplemental funds will be targeted to English learners, low-income students and foster youth.
Dr. Christina Lin, the district's executive director of assessment and accountability, told trustees LCFF was enacted July 1, 2013, to replace categorical funding with an equity-based model that allocates base grants plus supplemental and concentration grants for unduplicated pupils. "The LCFF is California's equity-based funding formula model for K-12 school districts," Lin said, summarizing the statute and the eight state priorities that shape local LCAP goals and spending.
The presentation, led by district educational services staff, outlined the LCAP framework and said the Orange Unified plan contains 58 actions grouped under four goals. Elena Rodriguez, executive director of elementary education, described several of the high-impact actions staff brought to the trustees for study, including a districtwide commitment…
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