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Tehachapi Unified approves letter urging LCFF concentration grant fix after trustees cite 44% unduplicated pupil rate
Summary
The Tehachapi Unified School District Board unanimously approved a letter to state lawmakers asking that the LCFF concentration grant threshold be revised or placed on a sliding scale after officials said the district’s 44% unduplicated pupil rate disqualifies it from concentration funding. Trustees also approved a corrected wording after closed session.
President Kaminski read a board letter on Feb. 10 asking Senator Sharon Grove and Assemblyman Stan Ellis to revisit the Local Control Funding Formula’s concentration grant threshold, which currently awards additional funds only to districts with 55% or more unduplicated pupils. The board said Tehachapi Unified’s unduplicated pupil percentage is 44%, leaving the district without concentration grant dollars while it still serves a high share of students in need.
The letter, as read at the meeting, outlined a comparison…
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