Leadership magazine Sept/Oct 2014 V 44 No 1 | Page 7

ACSA Executive Director

To our readers

Wesley Smith

Director of Communication
Naj Alikhan

Editor
Susan Davis

Board of Directors
President
Randall Delling

President-Elect
Tom Armelino

Vice President
Ralph Porras

Vice President for Legislative Action
Lisa Gonzales

Past President
Marc Ecker

Directors
Eric Andrew, Mauricio Arellano, Randy Bangs,
Tammie Calzadillas, Katherine Castleberry,
Will Ector, Holly Edds, Lisette EstrellaHenderson, Rod Federwisch, Mary Grace,
Jeff Harris, Andrew Ishibashi, Darrien Johnson,
Peter Johnson, Linda Kaminski,
Heidi Lawler, Jon LeDoux, Rose Lock,
Robert Martinez, Cindy Petersen, Terri Rufert,
Edward Trimis, Craig Wheaton

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LCFF and LCAP: Shaping the future
of funding and decision making
Dear Colleague:
By now, school districts have their Local Control Accountability
Plans in place and are embracing a new era of community engagement.
And, after 40 years under a revenue limit school finance model, new
funding is flowing in through the Local Control Funding Formula.
In this issue of Leadership magazine, we reflect on how well these
reforms are working. What are the best practices for gaining community input? How will districts ensure that the input they receive is used
to make long-term improvements for the students most in need? This is our chance to learn
from each others’ innovations to fulfill the promise of these historic reforms.
Several of our contributors provide perspectives on what it means to bring student and
parent voices to the forefront in order to ensure our decisions are truly student-centered.
“Authentic engagement is much more than a one-time check-box on a form,” write the
leaders of the California PTA (page 12). “It’s about building a culture at every school where
parents and family members feel welcomed, respected and appreciated – a culture where
information is freely shared, and input is sought and genuinely consi