Report 2019-101 Recommendation Responses
Report 2019-101: K-12 Local Control Funding: The State's Approach Has Not Ensured That Significant Funding Is Benefiting Students as Intended to Close Achievement Gaps (Release Date: November 2019)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To increase the transparency of LCAPs and ensure that stakeholders can provide an adequate level of oversight, the Legislature should amend state law to require districts and other local educational agencies to specify in their LCAPs the specific amounts of budgeted and estimated actual supplemental and concentration expenditures for each service that involves those funds.
Description of Legislative Action
AB 130 (Chapter 44, Statutes of 2021), requires LEAs, commencing with the LCAP and annual updated adopted on or before July 1, 2022, to annually calculate the total difference between amounts budgeted and estimated actual expenditures for each service.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: July 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
AB 1835 (Weber, 2020) would have required each LEA to report the amounts of unspent supplemental and concentration grant funds in its LCAP. This bill was vetoed by the Governor.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: November 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Vetoed
Description of Legislative Action
AB 1835 (Weber) was introduced on January 6, 2020, and would require each local educational agency (LEA) to report the amounts of unspent supplemental and concentration grant funds in its LCAP.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: May 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
As of January 2020, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2020