This report reviews how California’s Local Control Funding Formula has helped to improve student outcomes, points to challenges in its fiscal design, and highlights opportunities to strengthen it.

An interactive tool that projects revenue losses in each state as the result of potential federal funding cuts to education.

From an analysis of state legislative and policy documents, this report reviews how states’ school funding programs currently address the needs of English learners and students from low-income families.

A survey of school superintendents provides estimates of the fiscal and other costs of culturally divisive conflicts that are disrupting school districts, schools, and classrooms.

A report providing guidance on how districts in California and elsewhere can respond to declining enrollment in ways that strengthen high schools.

A study investigating the impacts of LCFF-induced increases in per-pupil spending on student achievement and behavioral outcomes.

A report showing how county offices of education (COEs) play a critical role in coordinating and integrating services with other child-serving agencies to serve students and families more effectively.

A webpage about the fight for equitable school funding and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in California.

A comprehensive state-level policy roadmap to ensure that all California children have the necessary supports to reach their full potential.

This resource offers four recommendations to support Black student success, with a focus on the funding, Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs), and System of Support components of the California governor's 2023 budget proposal.

Ed Trust-West's annual analysis of the California budget and proposed legislation for 2023, identifying 8 key proposals with the potential to advance educational equity and justice for California’s students and educators. 

A collection of public engagement resources to support adoption of the Local Control and Accountability Plan.

A overview of the California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN)'s 2023 policy agenda, describing six issues and the actions that COYN will take to advance them.

An interactive map of stories about community schools and the impact they're having across the United States.

A brief exploring the topic of funding sustainability within California K–12 education systems—particularly amid the influx of pandemic relief funding.

A collection of commentaries on LCFF in recognition of the law's 10th anniversary in 2023.

A report outlining key pieces of the California governor's May 2023-24 Revision and exploring how the governor prioritized spending amid the first budget shortfall of his tenure.

A Tik-Tok video explaining the Student Equity Need Index (SENI), the formula that determines funding for schools based on the individual needs of each school.

A overview of key features and elements of California adult education programs, with a focus on the Los Angeles basin, published to promote broader awareness of their value as well as to posit the importance of strategic partnerships and greater collaboration between adult education programs, county and city workforce development agencies, community-based organizations, and other entities providing services to adults.

A report presenting recommendations for improving implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula.