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MCOE staff reviews county-office LCFF calculator; cites $17,000-per-student operations grant
Summary
Staff reviewed the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and county-office funding differences, noting county operations grants are based on countywide ADA and that 'approximately $17,000 per student' is used as a base. Trustees asked about unduplicated pupil counts, confidential percentages, and excess tax practices.
MCOE staff presented a monthly budget breakdown explaining how county-office funding is calculated under the LCFF, emphasizing differences between district and county-office calculators.
A presenter described the components and said the county operations grant yields roughly "approximately $17,000 per student" for county-operated students, and that county offices include specific line items (band funding, special education ratios and ABA for county-operated programs) not present at the district level. Trustees probed confidential unduplicated-student percentages and how those figures enter the calculator; staff said detailed percentages are available in internal dashboards but include confidential elements.
Trustees also discussed excess property tax returns to the state and variations among counties; one trustee encouraged exploring regional efforts to change how excess taxes are returned. Staff emphasized the LCFF calculator is maintained by the statewide Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team and updated twice a year.
