| Background On or before July 1, 2017 the Governing Board is required to adopt its Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) using the State Board of Education template. The LCAP must identify for all pupils the specific actions the Local Educational Agency (LEA) will take to achieve its goals and the measures by which progress will be identified. The County shall disapprove any district budget that does not include the expenditures necessary to implement the LCAP. Current Considerations The LCAP is a three-year plan and it requires annual updates. It is to include the annual goals for all pupils identified for each of the 8 state priorities and includes additional local priorities. In developing the LCAP, parent advisory committees, local bargaining units, teachers, staff members, administrators, parents and pupils must be consulted. All of these requirements have been met. The Governing Board reviewed the plan at its meetings on June 6 and June 20, 2017. Since the adoption of the LCUSD LCAP on June 20, the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) has required that modifications be made to the plan. The changes are not substantive, but largely concern formatting, the inclusion of required state metrics in adjusted goal areas, and other procedural modifications. The changes have required a significant allocation of time and attention from staff over the past ten days, and the request for the Governing Board to re-adopt the plan is largely designed to reset the official filing window with LACOE, which is 10 days from Board adoption. Financial Implications The LCAP is intended as a planning document that drives the District’s budget development. The Superintendent and the Chief Business and Operations Officer and the Fiscal Services Department have worked closely together to ensure that both documents are aligned.
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