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Local Control & Accountability Plan (LCAP) Executive Summary
Analysis of Community/Stakeholder Engagement Survey
Top Responses
– More technology in classroom
– More parent, student , counselor, psychologist, and teacher interaction/support
– Improve school facilities
– Increase teacher and principal professional development
– Fieldtrips, AVID program and more school‐wide activities
– Additional career educational opportunities
Introduction to the Local Control and Accountability Plan
After more than 40 years of funding schools according to a calculation known as the “Revenue Limit,” the California State Legislature
in 2013 approved Governor Jerry Brown’s plan for the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). The LCFF will bring an increase in
funding to the Orange Unified School District over the next eight years. The LCFF eliminated most “categorical” programs—restricted
funds that could be used only for specific purposes. Our state funding now comes with a “base grant” that is the same for all school
districts as well as supplemental and concentration funding based on the number of students who are English language learners, low
income or foster youth. The new funding that is generated through the LCFF is dedicated to improve the learning outcomes for three
groups of students: English language learners (ELL), low-income (LI) students and foster youth (FY). In addition to a “base grant”, that
is the same for all districts in the state; Districts receive additional funding based on the unduplicated count of students who qualify in
one of those three groups. For each student in one of those three categories, districts receive what is known in the LCFF as a
“supplemental grant.” Districts that have more than 55% of their students in one of those three categories also receive a “concentration
grant.” The Orange USD only receives Supplemental Funding due to the 51% unduplicated count of students.
In enacting the LCFF, the Legislature also approved the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), which mandates that districts
describe how they intend to meet annual goals for all students and address state and local priorities. The accountability plan must align
goals to the defined priorities, set targets for improvement based on data and link expenditures to the District’s goals. In creating the
LCAP requirement, the California legislature established priorities that must be included in the plan. These include:
