In June 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law one of the most significant changes to the way California’s school districts are funded. This new system – the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) – changes the way the state of California allocates funds to school districts. The LCFF provides base funding for all students as well as supplemental and concentration funding to support students from low-income families, English Learners, and foster youth.
The shift represents an excellent opportunity to partner with families, staff, and community to be a part of this important process. As part of the new funding formula, school districts are required to adopt a Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), which clarifies how programs/services will be measurably improved in quantity or quality, proportionate to the increase in funding. It also requires the active engagement of parents, staff, students, and other stakeholders in the building of the LCAP.
District staff establishes an LCAP Advisory Committee, and through that process they engage various stakeholders, including by holding several Board presentations and a Board Study Session. In the Spring, we invited our community to share their thoughts about the District through Thoughtexchange, online engagement software. Data from this Thoughtexchange interactive survey report can be sorted by school, district, number of stars, participants, and themes.
MUSD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS
2023-24
May 8, 2024 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
May 1, 2024 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
April 9, 2024 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
April 3, 2024 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
March 27, 2024 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
March 2024 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
2022-23
April 3, 2023 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
April 17, 2023 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
May 7, 2023 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
May 15, 2023 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
2021-22
March 4, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
March 24, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
April 28, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM LCAP Advisory Committee Meeting |
BASE
Under the LCFF, MUSD will receive the bulk of its funding based on Average Daily Attendance (ADA) in four grade spans (K-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-12). This funding is called the “base rate.” The base rate includes funding for all of MUSD’s students as well as additional support for K-3 class size reduction and high school career technical education.
SUPPLEMENTAL
The LCFF includes additional funding for socioeconomically disadvantaged students, English learners and foster youth. Under the formula, each socioeconomically disadvantaged student, English learner and foster youth generates an additional 20 percent of the base rate depending on the student’s grade-span level. The funding is based on unduplicated counts of qualifying students. This funding is called “supplemental funding.”
CONCENTRATION
The LCFF includes additional funding for school districts that have socioeconomically disadvantaged, English learner and foster youth student populations that exceed 55 percent of their enrollment. Qualifying districts receive an additional 50 percent of the base grant depending on the student’s grade span for each socioeconomically disadvantaged student, English learner and foster youth above the 55 percent threshold.
Under the new funding formula, school districts are required to adopt Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP) that describe the actions, services, and expenditures that support student growth. The LCAP clarifies how programs/services will be measurably improved in quantity or quality, proportionate to the increase in funding. It also requires the engagement of parents, staff, students and other stakeholders in the building of the LCAP. The LCAP is a three-year plan that was adopted by July 1, 2014, and is updated each year. The LCAP must include annual goals in eight areas:
Priority 1 – Basic
Priority 2 – State Standards
Priority 3 – Parental Involvement
Priority 4 – Pupil Achievement
Priority 5 – Pupil Engagement
Priority 6 – School Climate
Priority 7 – Course Access
Priority 8 – Other Pupil Outcomes
We have organized these into three categories, and our LCAP budget identifies the categories that correlate to the goals and budget items designed to meet those goals.
CATEGORY 1 - Conditions of Learning | CATEGORY 2 - Pupil Outcomes | CATEGORY 3 - Student & Parent Engagement |
Priority 1 – Basic Conditions
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Priority 4 – Pupil Achievement
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Priority 3 – Parent Involvement
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2018
Meeting Minutes
February 2018: LCAP Update
2017-2020 LCAP Summary Presentation
2017-2020 LCAP Plan
2017
June 27, 2017: Local Control and Accountability Plan Adoption
June 13, 2017: Local Control and Accountability Plan Public Hearing
May 23, 2017: Local Control Accountability Plan Draft Review
April 18, 2017: Local Control Accountability Plan Draft - Board Study Session
January 2017: 2016-17 Annual Update
2016
November 2, 2016: LCFF & LCAP - Our Shared Path
September 2016: Update
January 26, 2016: LCAP Annual Update - Mid-year review
January 12, 2016: MUSD Family & Community Engagement
Family and Community Engagement Action Plan 2015-17
2015
June 9, 2015: LCAP District Public Hearing
February 10, 2015: LCAP Board Study Session
2015: LCAP Stakeholders Meetings Themes Summary
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA STATE PTA
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND WEST ED
The State Board of Education and WestEd’s LCFF Channel provides Implementation Insight videos for viewing to help facilitate local implementation of LCFF.