Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)

As part of the State’s funding model known as Local Control Funding Formula, school districts are required to develop, adopt, and annually update a three-year Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), using a template adopted by the California State Board of Education (SBE). The LCAP is required to identify goals and measure progress for student subgroups across multiple performance indicators. The LCAP elements include stakeholder engagement, goals and progress indicators, and actions, services and expenditures. Goals and actions must be included for at least the following areas:

• Basic Services
• Implementation of State Standards
• Parent Involvement
• Pupil Achievement
• Pupil Engagement
• School Climate
• Course Access
• Other Pupil Outcomes

SCSD’s LCAP plan will be aligned with the Strategic Plan and will be posted here at the end of each school year.

2023-24 Local Control Accountability Plan

The final draft of the SCSD 2023-24 SCSD Local Control Accountability Plan was adopted by the SCSD Board of Education at its regular board meeting on June 15, 2023, and has also been approved by the San Mateo County Office of Education Superintendent of Schools.  The attached document also includes the Budget Overview for Parents on pages 1-4.

In accordance with LCAP requirements, questions raised during the public hearing, which was held on June 8, 2023, must be responded to by the Superintendent or designee and posted on the District’s website. There were no questions raised during the public hearing.

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The 2022-23 Local Control Accountability Plan was revised based on feedback in this clarification table from the San Mateo County Office of Education (SMCOE), and has been approved by the SMCOE Board. 

The final draft of the SCSD 2022-23 Local Control Accountability Plan was adopted by the SCSD Board of Education at its regular board meeting on June 16, 2022.  The attached document also includes the Supplement to the Annual Update to the 2021-22 LCAP and Budget Overview for Parents.

In accordance with LCAP requirements, questions raised during the public hearing, which was held on June 9, 2022, must be responded to by the Superintendent or designee and posted on the District’s website. There were no questions raised during the public hearing.

2021-2024 Local Control Accountability Plan

The 2021-24 Local Control Accountability Plan was revised based on feedback in this clarification table from the San Mateo County Office of Education and submitted for approval by the SMCOE Board on September 15, 2021. 

The final draft of the 2021-2024 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) was adopted by the SCSD Board of Education at its regular board meeting on June 17, 2021.  The attached document also includes the 2019-20 and 2020-21 Annual Updates and the 2021-22 Budget Overview for Parents.

In accordance with LCAP requirements, questions raised during the public hearing, which was held on June 10, 2021, must be responded to by the Superintendent or designee and posted on the District’s website. There were no questions raised during the public hearing.

ESSER III Expenditure Plan

School districts, county offices of education, or charter schools that receive Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds under the American Rescue Plan Act, referred to as ESSER III funds, are required to develop a plan for how they will use their ESSER III funds. Staff created an inclusive LCAP engagement process to receive input about student, staff, and site needs to determine the most impactful ways to budget funds to support the full return to in-person learning for the 2021-22 school year. SCSD used the LCAP process to develop priorities not only for the LCAP itself, but also for the State Expanded Learning Opportunities Grant, the State In Person Instruction Grant, and the Federal Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) II and III Funds. The SCSD ESSER III Expenditure Plan was approved by the Board on October 7, 2021, and updated on October 29, 2021, based on feedback from SMCOE.

2020-21 Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan and Budget Overview for Parents

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, State Legislators passed Senate Bill 98 (SB-98) to establish the Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan (Learning Continuity Plan or LCP) requirements for the 2020–21 school year. The Learning Continuity Plan is intended to balance the needs of all stakeholders, including educators, parents, students and community members, while both streamlining engagement and condensing several pre-existing plans,  The Learning Continuity and Attendance plan replaces the Local Control Accountability Plan for the 2020–21 school year.  The district's Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan was approved at the Board's regular meeting on September 24, 2020. As part of the 2020-21 accountability model, the LCFF Budget Overview for Parents (BOP) is tied to the Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan (LCP).  The BOP must be presented as part of an LEA's First Interim Budget report, and adopted at a regular board meeting.  The 2020-21 SCSD BOP was adopted at the regular board meeting on December 3, 2020. The Budget Overview for Parents provides a user-friendly overview of the budget for parents and stakeholders that corresponds with the LCP.

2020 COVID-19 Operations Report

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-56-20.  This order requires that all LEAs complete a written COVID-19 Operations Report by June 30, 2020, in place of a Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), for which the approval date has been extended to December 15, 2020.  The purpose of the report is to explain the changes to program offerings that the LEA has made in response to school closures to address the COVID-19 emergency, the major impacts of such closures on students and families, and a description of how the LEA is meeting the needs of its unduplicated students (English Learners, Foster Youth and Low-Income Students). The district's COVID-19 Operations Report was approved at the Board's regular June 18, 2020 meeting.

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