ERIC Number: ED670929
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Feb
Pages: 29
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California's Local Control Funding Formula: Next Steps toward Equity
Jonathan Kaplan
Learning Policy Institute
In 2013, California enacted an ambitious school funding reform--the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). The LCFF fundamentally overhauled the state's prior K-12 education finance system, which studies found to be inequitable, irrational, and highly centralized. More than a decade after its enactment, a growing body of research indicates the LCFF has helped to improve student outcomes, especially in K-12 school districts that enroll large shares of students with greater educational needs. However, as might be expected with a policy reform as ambitious as the LCFF, research also points to challenges in its fiscal design and opportunities to strengthen it. This report intends to establish a conceptual framework that California policymakers and education stakeholders may consider for potential adjustments to build on the solid foundation the LCFF created and continue to improve outcomes for students throughout the state. [Additional funding for this report was provided by the Skyline Foundation.]
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts, Outcomes of Education, Equal Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Disadvantaged, Educational Policy, State Policy, Educational Change, Barriers, Stakeholders, Educational Improvement, Policy Analysis, Grants
Learning Policy Institute. 1530 Page Mill Road Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Tel: 650-332-9797; e-mail: info@learningpolicyinstitute.org; Web site: https://learningpolicyinstitute.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: Stuart Foundation; W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Raikes Foundation
Authoring Institution: Learning Policy Institute
Identifiers - Location: California
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