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Board approves LCAP and FY2014–15 budget after advocates press for clearer spending and restorative-practice funding
Summary
After extensive public comment urging more transparency and resources for restorative practices and coaching, the board voted to approve the Local Control and Accountability Plan and the FY2014–15 recommended budget; both measures passed on recorded roll-call votes (6 ayes, 1 absent).
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education approved the district's Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the superintendent's recommended FY2014–15 budget on June 24 after extended public comment and board discussion about transparency and implementation funding.
Deputy Superintendent Myung Lee presented the requested actions for the LCAP and the recommended budget; the board took separate roll-call votes to approve both measures. The votes were recorded as six ayes with one absence.
Community priorities and staff responses: labor and community groups including Close the Gap, United Educators of San Francisco and Coleman Advocates applauded inclusion of an Appendix A showing some program spending but urged more detail linking school-site expenditures to planned services. Public Counsel and other advocates asked that the district add specific metrics from the Safe and Supportive Schools resolution (days lost to suspension, office discipline referrals, arrest data) and requested $1,000,000 for professional development, school-site coaches and follow-up training targeted at the 13 schools with especially high office-discipline-referral rates.
"We're asking for a million dollars for professional development, training, school site coaches and follow-up training for the 13 schools that seem to be struggling," said Sarah Mogela of Public Counsel on behalf of partners who had reviewed the plan.
Budget documentation and next steps: staff said QTEA and other program-level details are available in the budget book narrative (they pointed attendees to specific page references for QTEA spending and PD hours). Several commissioners asked staff to provide clearer windows into local revenue sources (PEAF/PEEF) and suggested that future versions include a glossary of acronyms and a costed list of prioritized community recommendations. The board asked for continued community engagement and formation of an advisory body to monitor implementation and annual updates to the LCAP.
Outcome and impact: both the LCAP and the budget were approved, enabling the district to move forward with the FY2014–15 spending plan while staff work to provide greater clarity on how concentrated funds will be used at school sites and to return with more detailed implementation timelines tied to the Safe and Supportive Schools resolution.
