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SBCEO presents LCAP purpose and county role in supporting districts
Summary
Superintendent Ellen Barker told the board the county office helps districts develop and implement LCAPs, explains the Local Control Funding Formula context, and emphasized the county's support-oriented approach across universal, targeted and intensive tiers of differentiated assistance.
Superintendent Ellen Barker opened the SBCEO information item by placing the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) in the context of California's Local Control Funding Formula and the state's move from prescriptive sanctions to a system emphasizing support and mutual accountability. "That improvement is structural, it's instructional, and it's cultural," Barker said, framing SBCEO's work as building capacity across districts.
Barker and presenting directors described the county office's two roles: supporting districts and serving as a technical reviewer when LCAPs are taken to the county for approvability checks. "We do not have the authority as county office reviewers to require anything beyond what's in the ed code," Sean Carey said, while outlining the four criteria used to judge approvability, including budget sufficiency and evidence of increased or improved services for students with high needs. Presenters emphasized collaboration with state agencies including the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE) and noted SBCEO uses networks, grants administration and targeted coaching to support districts.
