Budget Resource Guide
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Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
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Up until fiscal year 2012-13, the Revenue Limit was the basic and the largest financial support for Los Angeles Unified activities. In fiscal year 2013-14, Governor Jerry Brown implemented the new state funding formula for local education agencies called Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). California Assembly Bill 97 was enacted, amending California Education Code 42238.07 which relates to education finance. The goal of LCFF is to significantly simplify how state funding is provided to local education agencies (LEAs), to create transparency of funding, and to grant local control of funds.
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The LCFF eliminated the Revenue Limit and most of the state categorical program funding streams. The categorical programs that were folded in the LCFF are not bound by the program compliance requirements that existed before the implementation of LCFF. Unlike the Revenue Limit which was largely based on the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) and average daily attendance (ADA), the LCFF includes several variables to calculate a school district’s funding. These are ADA, COLA, enrollment, and unduplicated pupil count.
The LCFF is the largest unrestricted source of funding for schools within Los Angeles Unified. LCFF provides baseline funding for all students and additional resources to schools with high concentrations of low-income students, English Learners, and students in foster care.
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(amounts in millions)
