Three things to know about how L.A. schools are using your money
L.A. Unified students walk into Thomas Starr King Middle School in East Hollywood in December. The district probably will receive about $5.4 billion of its budget from the state through the Local Control Funding Formula, which gives extra money to districts based on the number of students who need extra support in school, including low-income students, foster youth and English learners. L.A. Unified’s goals vary from increasing the district’s graduation rate to increasing the percentage of students passing Advanced Placement exams and filling out college financial aid forms. At Tuesday’s board meeting, representatives from the district-level English learner advisory committee and the district’s parent advisory committee said they want more than what’s in this budget: better transportation options, more transparency about the outcomes of programs, more consultation with parents to decide how principals spend discretionary funding for their schools, and better efforts to lobby for more state funding for the schools. There’s a fight over how to fund programs for students with disabilities One group that does not receive extra money from the state through the state’s new funding formula: students with disabilities.
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