Who is the LCFF Working Group?
On October 29, 2014, CSBA and CA Fwd launched the LCFF Collaborative Working Group, a gathering of governing board members and superintendents of 16 school districts and county offices of education from across the state, to identify and promote promising LCFF and LCAP implementation strategies, solutions and best practices.
The Collaborative consists of governing board members and superintendents from the following districts: Antioch Unified School District, Bakersfield City School District, Butte County Office of Education, Calaveras Unified School District, Corona-Norco Unified School District, Cupertino Union School District, Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified School District, Long Beach Unified School District, Los Angeles County Office of Education, Modesto City Schools, Oakland Unified School District, Riverside Unified School District, Robla Elementary School District, San Diego Unified School District, San Francisco Unified School District, and Shasta Union High School District.
Map of represented districts
Our Mission
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What we do
Members of the Collaborative convene and maintain regular communication to identify systemic challenges of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) based on their own experiences with LCFF implementation and Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) development. The CWG develops useful research, reports and presentations highlighting the work of the CWG with the intent of sharing the ‘lessons learned’ with other educators throughout the state. In addition, the work of the CWG is incorporated into California School Boards Association (CSBA) and California Forward (CA Fwd) trainings and education programs, as well as LCFF advocacy efforts.
Specifically, objectives of the project include:
1. Develop an intimate understanding of the opportunities and challenges of designing, implementing, managing, evaluating and governing under the new rules of LCFF
2. Proactively share “best practices” and systemic challenges between and among LEAs
3. Provide timely access to data, trends and analysis that will help LEAs avoid failure in implementing LCFF (and state intervention)
4. Provide timely access to recognized experts to assist LEAs in identifying and addressing challenges related to LCFF implementation
5. Improve educational outcomes for California’s students
6. Increase transparency of LCAP processes and strategies to promote civic engagement and public trust and improve student outcomes.
The objectives of the project are to be achieved through the following activities:
• Presentations with subject matter experts
• Collaborative group discussion sessions
• Sharing of ‘success stories’
• Documentation and sharing of promising practices with school board members
• Engaging policymakers on LCFF implementation
• Engaging equity groups on LCFF transparency and student outcomes