Workshops

State Budget workshops

School Finance Conference

July 22, 2025<br>
As the Legislature digests Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised state General Fund estimates that includes an unanticipated $12 billion deficit and corresponding budget proposals for the 2025-26 fiscal year, final negotiations between them will most certainly impact TK-12 and community college districts as . . .

Subject-Based workshops

August 26, 2025

LCFF 101—For Beginners

The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is the largest source of unrestricted revenue for most local educational agencies (LEAs). Despite proposed modest increases to LCFF funding, most school agencies are facing . . .
September 9, 2025

Advanced Collective Bargaining

As California TK-12 local educational agencies head into the 2025-26 school year, the collective bargaining landscape is becoming increasingly complex. While historic funding increases and one-time dollars fueled . . .
October 21, 2025

Position Control—The Fundamentals

Position control is a set of procedures which manages personnel expenditures and is of the highest importance in a local educational agency’s ability to maintain fiscal accountability. A functioning position control system operates with . . .
November 4, 2025

Declining Enrollment—Operational Strategies

Statewide enrollment trends continue to experience decreases in enrollment. Since 2012-13, the state has experienced a loss of over 390,000 (roughly 6.0%) students. If current trends hold over the next ten years, further decline of almost . . .
December 2, 2025

Planning for Reductions in Force

As local educational agencies (LEAs) navigate the 2025-26 planning cycle, a perfect storm of challenges looms. Declining enrollment and attendance continue to erode revenue, while the expiration of one-time pandemic relief funds and . . .
December 9, 2025

LCAP—From Accountability to Compliance

The 2026-27 Local Control and Accountability Plan is the last year of the most recent three-year cycle. We are still waiting for final decisions as part of the 2025-26 State Budget negotiations to determine whether . . .

Online workshops

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