Back to (Underfunded) School
By Guillermo Mayer This fall, my wife and I joined millions of families across California in the annual tradition of taking our son to his first day of school. I wish you could have been [...]
LCFF Equity Coalition Comments on the Revised LCAP Template
October 14, 2016 Comments from the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Equity Coalition on the revised Local Control Accountability Plan Template addressed to: Karen Staph Walters, Executive [...]
The Right and Wrong Way: Calculating LAUSD’s S&C Funds
Public Advocates, ACLU of Southern California and Covington & Burling LLP are representing Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) parent Reyna Frias and the Community Coalition of South [...]
Best Practices for Parent Engagement in LCFF
Best Practices for Parent Engagement in Local Control Funding Formula best_practices_for_parent_engagement_-_lcff
Legal Request from Community Coalition to CDE Regarding LAUSD Complying with LCFF
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging LA Unified School District’s plans for spending state funds meant to provide new or improved services to high-need students have filed a legal request with [...]
Local Control Accountability Plans
The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) law of 2013 fundamentally changed public school financing in California. Among other things, in order to provide greater transparency to local communities [...]
Plaintiffs in Lawsuit Challenging LAUSD Spending on High-Need Students Push Back on District’s Efforts to Avoid Complying with Law
For Immediate Release July 11, 2016 Contact: Isabel Alegria, Public Advocates, ialegria@publicadvocates.org, 510.541.5428 Alexandra Patchen, Covington & Burling LLP, apatchen@cov.com, [...]
West Contra Costa School Board leaves $4.3 million in funding for high-needs students on the table
Project: California’s New School Finance Law: Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Date: June 24, 2015 Media Advisory June 24, 2015 Contact: Rigel Massaro, rmassaro@publicadvocates.org; [...]
