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Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
View the 2022-23 LCAP & Budget Overview for Parents
View the 2021-24 LCAP Document
View the 2022 LCAP with Progress Reporting
View the 2023 LCAP with Progress Reporting
This year MVSD will use the Extra, Extra! Friday Feature newsletter to address the LCAP goals and progress to help stakeholders become more educated and engaged in the process. These newsletters can be read here. If you would like to provide feedback or suggest a topic for our Friday Feature, please submit your request here.
The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is a tool from the California Department of Education for local educational agencies to set goals, plan actions, and leverage resources to meet those goals to improve student outcomes. Please see the FAQs below to learn more about this tool and the development process.
*Meeting Dates - 2022-23 LCAPJanuary 24, 2023 - Edna Maguire Elementary School
March 14, 2023 - Strawberry Point Elementary School
April 25, 2023 - Tamalpais Valley Elementary School
* meetings will be held from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
LCAP Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the LCAP?
According to the California Department of Education, the LCAP is a tool for local education agencies to set goals, plan actions, and leverage resources to meet those goals to improve student outcomes.
As part of the California funding formula for schools, known as the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), school districts, county offices of education and charter schools are required to develop, adopt, and annually update a three-year Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). The LCAP is required to identify annual goals, specific actions geared toward implementing those goals, and must measure progress for student subgroups across multiple performance indicators based on eight priorities set by the State. The priorities must be aligned to the district’s spending plan. The LCAP must be approved before the annual district budget can be adopted. Once the budget and LCAP are adopted at the local level, the plan is reviewed by the County superintendent to ensure alignment of projected spending toward goals and services.
There are eight state priority areas for which school districts, with parent and community input, must establish goals and actions:
- Providing all students access to fully credentialed teachers, instructional materials that align with state standards, and safe facilities.
- Implementation of California’s academic standards, including the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and math, Next Generation Science Standards, English language development, history/social science, visual and performing arts, health education and physical education standards.
- Parent involvement and participation, so the local community is engaged in the decision-making process and the educational programs of students.
- Improving student achievement and outcomes along multiple measures, including test scores, English proficiency and college and career preparedness.
- Supporting student engagement, including whether students attend school or are chronically absent.
- Highlighting school climate and connectedness through a variety of factors, such as suspension and expulsion rates and other locally identified means.
- Ensuring all students have access to classes that prepare them for college and careers, regardless of what school they attend or where they live.
- Measuring other important student outcomes related to required areas of study, including physical education and the arts.
In addition to these eight areas, a district may also identify and incorporate in its plan goals related to its own local priorities.
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What is the district's stakeholder engagement process?
A requirement in the development of the LCAP is to solicit input from parents, teachers, students, local bargaining units, staff, and other community members in regard to which goals they think will be most effective for implementation in our schools toward reaching state priorities.
The Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) is a major component of the LCAP development. Please see the information that outlines the PAC composition requirements above in the "LCAP Committees" section on this page. Another major feedback group is the District English Learner Parent Advisory Committee (DELAC). Please see information about this group in the "LCAP Committees" section as well.
Please see our stakeholder engagement meeting dates on this page to learn how you can become involved in the development process.
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What is the difference between the LCAP and the Strategic Plan?
The LCAP is directly related to student performance and is tied to the district budget.
The Strategic Plan covers the full scope of the district and is tied to objectives and actions.
There is some overlap in the Mill Valley School District LCAP and Strategic Plan as the two goals of the LCAP are the same as the first two goals of the Strategic Plan: Balanced Learners and Supported Staff.
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LCAP Committees
- Parent advisory committee - as used in California Education Code (EC) sections 52063 and 52069, shall be composed of a majority of parents, as defined in subdivision (e), of pupils and include parents of pupils to whom one or more of the definitions in EC Section 42238.01 apply. A governing board of a school district or a county superintendent of schools shall not be required to establish a new parent advisory committee if a previously established committee meets these requirements, including any committee established to meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110) pursuant to Section 1112 of Subpart 1 of Part A of Title I of that act.
- English learner parent advisory committee - as used in EC sections 52063 and 52069 for those school districts or schools and programs operated by county superintendents of schools whose enrollment includes at least 15 percent English learners and at least 50 pupils who are English learners, shall be composed of a majority of parents, as defined in subdivision (e), of pupils to whom the definition in EC Section 42238.01(c) applies. A governing board of a school district or a county superintendent of schools shall not be required to establish a new English learner parent advisory committee if a previously established committee meets these requirements.
- Consult with pupils - as used in EC sections 52060, 52066, and 47606.5, means a process to enable pupils, including unduplicated pupils and other numerically significant pupil subgroups, to review and comment on the development of the LCAP. This process may include surveys of pupils, forums with pupils, pupil advisory committees, or meetings with pupil government bodies or other groups representing pupils.