final lcff coalition letter release
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7/27/2019 FINAL LCFF Coalition Letter Release
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ForImmediateRelease Contact:ACLU-SCDianaRubioorVickiFox213.977.5252
July24,2013 PublicAdvocatesLizGuillen916.803.5596
PublicCounselMichaelSoller213.446.1851
CaliforniansTogetherXiloninCruzGonzalez626.203.8731
TheEducationTrust-WestValerieCuevas510.465.6444x328
CoalitionofEducationandCivilRightsOrganizationsSendLettertoSchool
SuperintendentsandAdministratorsRegardingNewFundingFormula
LetterHighlightsCriticalStepsforImmediateImplementation
LOSANGELESAbroadcoalitionofeducationandcivilrightsorganizationssentalettertoday
toallCaliforniacountyanddistrictsuperintendentsandcharterschooladministratorsurging
immediateactiontodirectadditionalresourcestothestatesneediestchildren.
OnJuly1st,GovernorBrownsignedthemostsignificantschoolfundinglegislationina
generation---calledtheLocalControlFundingFormula(LCFF).TheLCFFcompletelyoverhauls
CaliforniasfinancesystemforK-12schoolsandisdesignedtomoreequitablydistributefunds
tobettermeettheeducationalneedsoflow-incomestudents,EnglishLearnersandfoster
youth.FramedbytheGovernorinhisStateoftheStateaddressinJanuaryasamatterof
justice,theenactmentoftheLCFFhasbeentoutedbytheGovernorandU.S.EducationSecretaryArneDuncanasrevolutionary.
ThefirsttestoftheLCFFandtheincreaseddiscretiongiventolocalschoolofficialswillbehow
administratorsandgoverningboardschoosetoallocateresourceswhenfinalizingtheir2013-14
budgetsoverthenextfewweeks.Citingthisfact,thecoalitionletterhighlightsprovisionsin
thenewlawthatrequireincreasedorimprovedservicesfordisadvantagedstudentsand
detailedimplementationplans.TheStateBoardofEducationisintheprocessofadopting
regulationstoimplementtheserequirements,butthecoalitionbelievesthepromiseofthe
LCFFcannotbedelayed.Theletterurgeslocalofficialstotakespecificstepstoensurethe
transitiontotheLCFFissuccessfulandstudentsreceiveadditionalsupportthisyear.
Coalitionmemberswillbemonitoringlocalbudgetactionsandcontinuingtoparticipateinlocal
andstatediscussionsregardingtheLCFFandhowtoimproveeducationaloutcomesforall
childreninCalifornia.
Clickheretoviewletter:http://www.aclu-sc.org/lcff-letter
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