Report 2019-101 Recommendation 6 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 #6 To: Education, State Board of

To increase the transparency of LCAPs, by February 2020, the State Board should change the LCAP template to merge the Annual Update section with the Goals, Actions, and Services section.

60-Day Agency Response

Consistent with the October 17, 2019 response letter, the Board's January 2020 meeting agenda included an item recommending that the Board adopt a revised template that integrates the annual update and the LCAP consistent with this recommendation. The SBE approved this change on January 8, 2020.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

We reviewed the revised template and found that it incorporates the former annual update section in the "Goals and Actions" section. Specifically, LEAs will identify metrics and report baselines and outcomes for each of the three years of the template. This revision should reduce certain duplication that existed in the previous template and increase transparency.

All Recommendations in 2019-101

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.