Local Control & Accountability Plan

What is the LCAP?

All school districts in California are required to develop a three-year Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) that describes how state funds will be used to improve student academic achievement. The LCAP is focused on 3 groups of students:

1. English learners
2. Socio-economically disadvantaged students
3. Foster/homeless youth

The LCAP must be adopted by the district at a board meeting after consultation with teachers, principals, school personnel, pupils, bargaining units, parents and with the advice of a district-level parent and district advisory committee.

The LCAP must include a description of:

• The district’s annual goals, for all students and for each subgroup, for each of the state priority areas and any additional local priorities areas; and
• The specific actions and strategies the district will use to achieve those goals.

Examples of measures that could be included in the LCAP to assess progress in these areas are: graduation rates, drop-out rates, performance on state and local assessments, and English learner reclassification rate.