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Direct linkMarsh, Julie A.; Dhaliwal, Tasminda K.; Hall, Michelle; Polikoff, Morgan S. – Education Finance and Policy, 2020
In this policy brief, we use the case of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) to provide policy makers and educators guidance on how to involve the public in goal setting and resource distribution decisions. We provide clarity around who is and is not participating, why, and what broader lessons we can draw for implementing federal…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, School District Autonomy, Citizen Participation, State Policy
Download full textKoppich, Julia E.; Humphrey, Daniel C.; Marsh, Julie A.; Polikoff, Morgan; Willis, Jason – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on July 1, 2013, represents the first comprehensive change in California's education funding system in 40 years. The LCFF eliminates nearly all categorical funding streams, shifts control of most education dollars from the state to local school districts, and…
Descriptors: Local Government, Funding Formulas, State Policy, Educational Policy
Crisis Response in California School Districts: Leadership, Partnership, and Community. Policy Brief
Marsh, Julie A.; Koppich, Julia E.; Humphrey, Daniel C.; Kimner, Hayin; Mulfinger, Laura S.; Allbright, Taylor N.; Alonso, Jacob; Bridgeforth, James; Daramola, Eupha Jeanne; Enoch-Stevens, Taylor; Kennedy, Kate E.; Nkansah-Amankra, Akua – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2022
Public education today faces a troubling set of challenges, including declining enrollment, staffing shortages, and polarized communities, with school boards at the center of broader political debates. How did we arrive at this current state? This study--described here and, in more detail, in a related report--of seven California school districts…
Descriptors: School Districts, Crisis Management, COVID-19, Pandemics
Koppich, Julia E.; Humphrey, Daniel C.; Marsh, Julie A. – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2015
California ended 40 years of reliance on categorical funding for schools when Governor Jerry Brown signed the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) into law on July 1, 2013. LCFF intends to enhance services for high-needs students through new flexibility, targeted student funding, and local accountability. Two years into LCFF implementation,…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, State Policy, Finance Reform, Educational Change
Marsh, Julie A.; Koppich, Julia E.; Humphrey, Daniel C.; Mulfinger, Laura S.; Allbright, Taylor N.; Alonso, Jacob; Bridgeforth, James; Daramola, Eupha Jeanne; Enoch-Stevens, Taylor; Kennedy, Kate E.; Nkansah-Amankra, Akua – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2022
Almost daily, media headlines draw attention to students struggling academically and emotionally from interrupted learning, high student absenteeism, declining enrollment, teacher and leader burnout, staffing shortages, polarized communities, and school boards at the center of broader political debates. How did we arrive at this current state of…
Descriptors: School Districts, Crisis Management, COVID-19, Pandemics
Marsh, Julie A.; Hall, Michelle – American Educational Research Journal, 2018
This article seeks to deepen our understanding of the nature and quality of democratic participation in educational reform by examining the first-year implementation of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) mandating civic engagement in district decision-making. Drawing on democratic theory, empirical literature, and data from 10…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Democracy, Democratic Values, Public Administration
