Topic: School Finance

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Advancing LCFF Equity and Accountability

National Education Policy Center

More than a decade after the Local Control Funding Formula was enacted, this policy memo outlines key changes to strengthen equity and accountability and to address persistent opportunity gaps inside and outside schools.

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Updating California’s School Funding Formula: Assessing Alternatives and Trade-Offs

Public Policy Institute of California

This report examines potential changes to LCFF to help address fiscal and academic challenges, modeling a variety of alternative allocations to highlight fiscal costs and trade-offs.

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Navigating Declining Enrollment: A Toolkit for California District Leaders to Design Stronger Schools and Systems

Bellwether

A tool to help district leaders approach budget realignment strategically, offering practical resources and research-based guidance on redesigning school systems to improve student learning in a resource-constrained environment.

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California’s Local Control Funding Formula: Next Steps Toward Equity

Learning Policy Institute

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.

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Trump 2.0 Federal Revenue Tool

Education Law Center

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

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Funding Student Needs: A Review of State Funding Policies for English Learners and Students From Low-Income Backgrounds

Learning Policy Institute

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.

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The Costs of Conflict: The Fiscal Impact of Culturally Divisive Conflict on Public Schools in the United States

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

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.

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Navigating Change: Strategies to Strengthen California High Schools Amid Declining Enrollment

Bellwether

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

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School Funding Effectiveness: Evidence From California’s Local Control Funding Formula

Learning Policy Institute

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

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Put your money on the table: Interagency Coordination to Address the Crisis in Student Mental and Behavioral Health

WestEd

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.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

Equitable School Funding

Californians for Justice

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

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Policy Brief/Proposal

The 2023 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda

Children Now

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

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Equity Alert: Black Students Need More from California’s Equity Multiplier

Education Trust, Inc.

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.

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The Equity 8 – California’s Key Legislative Proposals: 2023

Education Trust, Inc.

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.

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Tool / Toolkit

Local Control and Accountability Plan Resources

Los Angeles Unified School District

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

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Policy Brief/Proposal

COYN 2023 Policy Agenda

New Ways to Work

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.

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Community Schools Story Map

Partnership for the Future of Learning

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

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Is There a “Fiscal Cliff” on the Horizon for California School Districts? Planning for Financial Sustainability in an Uncertain Time

WestEd

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

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Two dozen views on LCFF

Children Now

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

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Policy Brief/Proposal

First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2023-24 May Revision

California Budget & Policy Center

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.

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