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Los Alamitos board reviews LCAP and proposed 2025 '6 budget, staff warns revenues depend on ADA and state action
Summary
District staff presented the 2025 '6 Local Control and Accountability Plan and a proposed annual budget; key figures: unduplicated pupil percentage ~18.38%, projected LCFF supplemental dollars roughly $3.6 million, and the budget outlook depends on enrollment/ADA and the governor nd legislature May revision. Board asked questions about enrollment assumptions and federal special-education funding.
Melissa Davis, the district Director of Education Services, presented the 2025 '6 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), outlining the district's three LCAP goals (exemplary teaching and learning; exemplary student outcomes; exemplary connections) and the actions tied to California's eight state priorities. Davis said the district's unduplicated pupil percentage for 2025 '6 is approximately 18.38% and that LCFF supplemental dollars were roughly $3.523 million in 2024 '5 and are projected at about $3.598 million for 2025 '6.
Fiscal staff then presented the proposed 2025 '6 budget and the estimated actuals for 2024 '5, reviewing assumptions from the governor's May revision and noting a number of variables that affect the district's outlook: the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee, the enacted COLA, enrollment and average daily attendance (ADA), federal funding levels for special education, and state decisions that could change block grants and add-on funding (for example, TK add-on and expanded learning opportunity adjustments). The presenter emphasized that small changes in ADA and attendance rates can materially change LCFF funding.
Board members asked for clarity on enrollment projections, whether staff had used a demographer or internal projections, and whether federal special-education funding had been reduced. Staff said the enrollment projections were based on internal HR and historical trends rather than a contracted demographer, and that, to staff 's knowledge, IDEA funding remains intact while some Title I or III funds might be at risk.
Fiscal staff outlined multiyear projections, noting expected declines in enrollment over the next several years and corresponding adjustments to expenditures and reserves. The district will bring the adopted budget and LCAP back for formal approval at the board's June 24 meeting (public hearing scheduled) and will update estimates after the state's enacted budget is signed.
The presentation concluded with an invitation for public input during the LCAP hearing and an explanation of next steps, including the district's timelines for first and second interim reports later in the fiscal year.
