Banning Unified delivers midyear LCAP update, cites LCFF allocations and mixed assessment progress

District leaders presented the midyear Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) update at the Feb. 11 board meeting, outlining spending, progress on goals and next steps toward a June public hearing.

Business services staff described the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) total as roughly $65,000,000 with about $19,000,000 identified as supplemental and concentration funding. As of Dec. 31, the district reported being approximately 44.5% expended against the original budget and roughly 50.6% of the fiscal year elapsed.

Instructional staff walked trustees through goal‑level metrics. Presenters said CAASPP ELA results improved relative to a baseline, moving closer to targets, while math remained a persistent challenge (presenters cited distances from standard and set goals accordingly). I‑Ready growth measures were explained as sensitive to the incoming level of students; when students start higher, measured growth percentages can decline even while absolute performance is higher. The district also reported improvements in safety metrics: suspension rates were down to about 2.24% and expulsions were at about 0.02% in the most recent rolling measures; chronic absenteeism showed a decline from previous years to around 16.2%.

Staff described activity to accelerate progress — intervention teachers, AVID and targeted coaching — and previewed next steps to monitor expenditures, update the LCAP for the county "fast pass" review, and hold a public LCAP hearing in June followed by board approval. Trustees received the report with no immediate budget adjustments presented at the meeting.