1. ACSA GR Speaks on State Budget,
LCFF, State Ballot Initiatives and
Advocacy
ACSA Superintendents Symposium
Portola-De Anza Ballroom Monterey, CA
January 29 , 2014

2. Today’s Moderator & Presenters
• Sherry Griffith, Director Governmental Relations
• Adonai Mack, Legislative Advocate
• Kimberly Rodriguez, Legislative Advocate
• Laura Preston, Legislative Advocate
• Sal Villasenor, Legislative Advocate

3. What We Will Cover Today
• State Budget Elements and Impacts
• LCFF and the LCAP
• State Ballot Initiatives
• Advocacy Local and State

4. 2014-15 State Budget:
K-12 Proposal - Overview
• K-12 overall Prop 98 funding of $61.6 billion
• $5 billion in ongoing funding for categorical programs outside LCFF
• K‐12 Deferrals - $5.6 billion to eliminate remaining inter-year funding
deferrals
• LCFF - $4.5 billion for school district and charter implementation and
$25.9 million for COE implementation (fully funds COEs)
• COLA Increases - provides .86% increase to LCFF base grants and
some remaining categorical programs

5. 2014-15 State Budget:
K-12 Proposal - Overview
• Prop 39 energy efficiency - $316 million for the second of a 5year program
• $46.5 million increase for state testing programs
• Independent study reform
• School facility finance - funds shifts and reform
• Special Education - adjustments for growth and COLA
• Emergency Repair Program - increase of $188.1 million (one‐
time)

6. Proposed Constitutional Amendments
• Governor proposes to strengthen Prop 58 (2004) and ACA 4
(Nov 2014) Rainy Day Fund
– Deposits into account when capital gains are more than 6.5%
of total General Fund revenues
– Doubles maximum size of fund to 10% of revenues
• Prop 98 reserve
– Also tied to variations in capital gains

7. Something’s Missing
• No funding for Common Core Implementation
• Adult Education Consortium
• MOE for CTE/ROCP
• STRS Unfunded Liability
• California Collaborative for Education Excellence
• Special Education Taskforce

8. LCFF and LCAP
• SBE unanimously approved emergency LCFF spending
regulations and the LCAP template.
• Regulations allow districtwide and schoolwide expenditures of
supplemental and concentration grant funds, provided school
districts explain these expenditures in their LCAP.
– The level of detail in your explanation depends on the number of
unduplicated pupils enrolled districtwide or schoolwide.
• The LCAP is a district-based document. Unique schoolsite
services and goals must be included.

9. Next Steps in LCFF Implementation
• Over the next year, the SBE will conduct a permanent
regulatory process and begin designing the evaluation
rubric. The following are issues for consideration as part
of this process:
– Better alignment between the LCAP Template and
other state/federal planning requirements.
– Creating a “user-friendly” LCAP Template.
– Elements of the evaluation rubric.
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10. Next Steps in LCFF Implementation
• California Collaborative for Education Excellence
(CCEE) - $10 million allocated in the 2013-14 Budget
Act
– What is the mission/goal?
– What should the governance structure be?
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11. 2014 State Ballot Initiatives
• Numerous ballot initiatives circulating impacting various policy
matters including state pensions, charter schools, teacher
evaluations and education funding.
• Many of them have sponsors and resources for qualifying and
making it to the ballot while others will likely not qualify.
• Millions of dollars required to circulate for signatures and
passage.

12. 2014 State Ballot Initiatives
• Public Employees. Pension and Retiree Healthcare Benefits.
Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Cleared for Circulation
(Mayor Chuck Reed SJ)
• State School Funding. Timing of Distributions to Schools.
Initiative Statute. Cleared for Circulation
• School Employees. Dismissal or Suspension for Egregious
Misconduct. Initiative Statute. Cleared for Circulation (Ed Voice)

13. 2014 State Ballot Initiatives
• Protection of Local School Revenues Act of 2014. Pending
Review by Attorney General.
• The Stop Corporate Exploitation of Charter Schools Act. Pending
Review by Attorney General. (CTA)
• High Quality Teachers Act of 2014. Pending Review by Attorney
General. (Students First)
• The Highly Qualified Charter School Administrator and Teacher
Act. Pending Review by Attorney General.(CTA)

14. 2014 State Ballot Initiatives
• The Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act. Pending Review by
Attorney General.
• Stop the $100 Billion Dollar High-Speed Rail and Reinvest in
Education Act. Pending Review by Attorney General.
• Referendum to Overturn Non-Discrimination Requirements for
School Programs and Activities (Repeal of AB 1266) Signature
Verification Due Feb. 24, 2014

15. Major Policy Implications Within These
State Ballot Initiatives
• CalSTRS
• School Funding
• Charter Schools
• Teacher Evaluations
• Tenure and Seniority
• Dismissals
• Student Gender Rights

16. Advocacy Regional & Statewide
• ACSA One Voice Initiative Areas
– Improving Student Outcomes by Implementing Common Core
and 21st Century Learning Schools
– Creating Human Resource Processes that Support Meeting the
Needs of Students
– Creating a Stable Funding System

17. Advocacy Across Regions and The State
• Use ACSA and its resources to build relationships and influence
local and state policy
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Legislation ACSA is supporting/Capwiz
ACSA PAC – Candidates & Issues
Legislative Action Day
Advocate in your local community
Participate in local media events
Special Lobby Days
Testify in Sacramento
• Effective advocacy is a year-round job
• Make a habit of advocacy

18. Questions?
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