What is the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)?

As part of the California funding formula for schools, known as the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), school districts, county offices of education and charter schools are required to develop, adopt, and annually update a three-year Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). The LCAP is required to identify annual goals, specific actions geared toward implementing those goals, and must measure progress for student subgroups across multiple performance indicators based on eight priorities set by the State. The priorities must be aligned to the district’s spending plan. The LCAP must be approved before the annual district budget can be adopted. Once the budget and LCAP are adopted at the local level, the plan is reviewed by the County superintendent to ensure alignment of projected spending toward goals and services. 

A requirement in the development of the LCAP is to solicit input from parents, teachers, students, local bargaining units, staff and other community members in regard to which goals they think will be most effective for implementation in our schools toward reaching state priorities. Toward this end the District has compiled a needs assessment and satisfaction survey. We annually invite our stakeholders to complete this survey as an important part of our plan development process. Once results of the survey are gathered and consolidated, they are used by the District’s LCAP Advisory Committee to update its LCAP each year in June.

As noted above, there are eight state priority areas for which school districts, with parent and community input, must establish goals and actions: 

1. Providing all students access to fully credentialed teachers, instructional materials that align with state standards, and safe facilities.
2. Implementation of California’s academic standards, including the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and math, Next Generation Science Standards, English language development, history/social science, visual and performing arts, health education and physical education standards.
3. Parent involvement and participation, so the local community is engaged in the decision-making process and the educational programs of students.
4. Improving student achievement and outcomes along multiple measures, including test scores, English proficiency and college and career preparedness.
5. Supporting student engagement, including whether students attend school or are chronically absent.
6. Highlighting school climate and connectedness through a variety of factors, such as suspension and expulsion rates and other locally identified means.
7. Ensuring all students have access to classes that prepare them for college and careers, regardless of what school they attend or where they live.
8. Measuring other important student outcomes related to required areas of study, including physical education and the arts.
   
   

In addition to these eight areas, a district may also identify and incorporate in its plan goals related to its own local priorities. LCMSD has aligned its five strategic priorities with the eight state priorities. For more information please contact the District Office at 415-927-6960 x5 or email mokeeffe@lcmschools.org