New Report Documents LCFF Successes and Challenges
High-needs students are improving, but problems with the formula remain.
High-needs students are improving, but problems with the formula remain.
For the first time, the California Department of Education has come down on a county office for failing to provide proper oversight of millions of dollars meant for high-needs students.
Changes are coming to California’s complex Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), but the Legislature and the governor are at odds over what changes to implement.
West Contra Costa Unified is one of the districts that could temporarily benefit. The school district has been anticipating $15 million in cuts from its 2022-23 budget. If the adjustment is approved, Associate Superintendent of Business Services Tony Wold said the projected deficit would be staved off until 2023-24 and then effectively cut in half.
The governor promised to work with Assemblywoman Weber on another solution for next year’s budget.