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SDLA Compliance Resource

County Superintendent Recommendations for LCAP Amendments

An operational guide to the county recommendation step in the 2026–27 LCAP accountability cycle.

  • LCAP
  • County recommendation
  • 2026–27
Date(s)Within 15 calendar days after receiving the district response
Applies toCalifornia school districts and the reviewing authorities or partners responsible for this step; confirm charter and COE pathways separately

In Plain Language: After reviewing the district’s clarification response, the county superintendent may issue written recommendations for amendments within the next 15-calendar-day period.

Why this matters

Recommendations move the review from information gathering to proposed corrective action. Precision matters because the district must consider them publicly on another short clock.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: county superintendent/review team. Partners: county fiscal and program reviewers, legal counsel, district superintendent/LCAP lead, and records staff.

From the district response to written county recommendations: the SDLA ITO workflow

This county step is a bounded review that turns the district's response into specific, actionable recommendations. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the district's response, the open issue matrix, and the county's program and fiscal review become the recommendation analysis, the final written recommendations, and proof of receipt.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the district's response, the open issue matrix, and the county's program and fiscal review, through calendaring, narrowing the open issues, drafting, and authority review, to the recommendation analysis, the final written recommendations, and proof of receipt.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers calendaring, narrowing the open issues, drafting, and authority review; Output covers the recommendation analysis, the final written recommendations, and proof of receipt. Issue within 15 calendar days after receiving the district response.

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Operational workflow

  1. Confirm the district response receipt date and recommendation deadline.
  2. Resolve answered items and isolate remaining approval concerns.
  3. Draft specific, actionable recommendations with supporting analysis.
  4. Complete county program, fiscal, and authority review.
  5. Transmit in writing and preserve proof of district receipt.

Implementation pathway

Calendar
Reconcile
Review
Act
Retain

Evidence to retain

  • District response and receipt record
  • Updated issue matrix
  • Recommendation analysis and citations
  • Final written recommendations
  • Delivery and receipt evidence

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify the current CDE template, instructions, statutory dates, reviewing-authority procedures, and local meeting calendar before acting.