Resources
With the recent completion of the second year of LCAPs and the first year of the
Annual Update, LEAs have successfully navigated the use of two LCAP
templates and two sets of expenditure regulations. As the state continues to
transition to full implementation of the LCFF by increasing the funding targets,
staffing the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE) and
developing the evaluation rubrics, LEAs are providing valuable lessons learned
from the implementation process to date. In many cases, LCAPs are challenging
due to the length and complexity of information, and as a result, the
implementation is falling short of coherent goals and transparent decisions about
strategic resource allocation. Based on the feedback and lessons learned to
date, fine-tuning of the template for the 2016–17 year may be needed.
One of the ways LEAs are adopting innovative strategies to streamline the LCAP
is by adding an executive summary and posting it along with the full plan.
Although these executive summaries are not required, when there is a local
decision to develop and post these summaries, the local educational
communities benefit from the condensed versions of the LCAPs and they
become a more useful communication tool. Further, there is great potential to
restructure the eTemplate (Attachment 4) to best meet the needs of all LEAs.
Policy recommendations have recently emerged in various reports that
encourage LEAs to maximize this opportunity to exercise local control and
strategic thinking through the implementation of the LCAP. For example, the
Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) released a policy paper entitled
From Accountability to Actionability: Making Sense of Multiple Measures in Local
Control and Accountability Plans (http://www.epiconline.org/from-accountabilityto-actionability/). The report recommends that LEAs coordinate and synthesize
information through the following: (1) use of multiple measures to develop greater
coherence between inputs, processes, and outcomes linked to specific LCAP
goals; (2) employ the matrix approach to monitor progress over time and as a
communication tool for internal stakeholders; and (3) create infographics and
narrative descriptions as a means to communicate critical information to external
stakeholders.
The list of resources below provides some examples of LEAs that coordinated
and synthesized LCAP content through the use of infographics, executive
summaries, dashboards, and blogs/Websites that were devoted to LCFF and
LCAP information. Future SBE items will continue to showcase examples of
strategic decision making and effective communication of the LCAP and Annual
Update that LEAs are producing for their educational communities.
Infographics

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Bear Valley Unified School District
http://bearvalleyusd.edliotest.com/ourpages/LCAP/LCAP_BearValleyUSD
15_082015_Infographic.pdf
West Contra Costa Unified School District
http://www.wccusd.net/Page/5246

Executive Summaries
 Etiwanda School District (http://www.etiwanda.org/)
http://www.etiwanda.org/district/LCAPExecutiveSummary.pdf
 Orange Unified School District (http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/)
http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/LCFF/pdf/LCAPExecutiveSummary66.pdf
 Red Bluff Joint Union High School District (http://www.rbhsd.org/)
(https://d3jc3ahdjad7x7.cloudfront.net/w9nTdNSim7eEFL3KAfhHVETPQu
tRmWQKRgBE1gpUqPSdhuk0.pdf
 Santee Unified School District (http://www.santeesd.net)
http://www.santeesd.net/cms/lib/CA01000468/Centricity/Domain/847/LCA
P%202015%20Executive%20Summary%2003%2004%2015%20%20Single%20Pages.pdf
 West Contra Costa Unified School District (http://www.wccusd.net)
http://www.wccusd.net/cms/lib03/CA01001466/Centricity/Domain/961/2%2
02015-16%20LCAP%20Executive%20Summary%20Rev
%2006042015.pdf
Dashboards
 Etiwanda School District
http://www.etiwanda.org/district/LCAPDashboard.pdf
 Madera Unified School District http://lcap.madera.k12.ca.us/
 West Contra Costa Unified School District
http://www.wccusd.net/dashboard
Blogs and LCFF Specific Websites
 Elk Grove Unified School District http://blogs.egusd.net/lcff-lcap/
 Berkeley Unified School District http://www.berkeleyschools.net/localcontrol/lcap/