Community-Based School Finance and Accountability: A New Era for Local Control in Education Policy?

Julian Vasquez Heilig; Derrick R. Ward; Eric Weisman; Heather Cole

doi:10.1177/0042085914558171

Community-Based School Finance and Accountability: A New Era for Local Control in Education Policy?

Julian Vasquez Heilig, Derrick R. Ward, Eric Weisman, Heather Cole

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Abstract

Top-down accountability policies have arguably had very limited impact over the past 20 years. Education stakeholders are now contemplating new forms of bottom-up accountability. In 2013, policymakers in California enacted a community-based approach that creates the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) process for school finance to increase flexibility. The reform also seeks to involve stakeholders at the local level by creating a Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). We conducted a statutory analysis of the state’s new funding formula in comparison to its predecessor. We also analyze the state’s new system of district implementation, support, and intervention. We then discuss the implications of California’s reforms for future K-12 funding and accountability policy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	871-894
Number of pages	24
Journal	Urban Education
Volume	49
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085914558171
State	Published - Dec 26 2014

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Keywords

accountability
community-based reform
educational policy
local control
school finance

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Urban Studies

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