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SDLA Compliance Resource

Publicly Consider County LCAP Recommendations

An operational guide to the public consideration step in the 2026–27 LCAP accountability cycle.

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

In Plain Language: Place the county superintendent’s recommendations before the district governing board at a public meeting within 15 calendar days of receipt.

Why this matters

This step restores public governance to the review exchange. Quiet staff-level handling does not satisfy a requirement for the board to consider the recommendations publicly.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: superintendent and governing-board office. Partners: LCAP lead, business services, program owners, communications, legal counsel, and county liaison.

From county recommendations to public board consideration: the SDLA ITO workflow

The board considers the county's recommendations at a public meeting, and the district then sends its action back. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the county recommendations, their receipt date, and the LCAP become the agenda and staff report, the minutes and comments, and the transmission to the county.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the county recommendations, their receipt date, and the LCAP, through the receipt log and deadline, a staff report, public notice, and board consideration, to the agenda and staff report, the minutes and comments, and the transmission to the county.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers the receipt log and deadline, a staff report, public notice, and board consideration; Output covers the agenda and staff report, the minutes and comments, and the transmission to the county. Hold the public meeting within 15 calendar days after receiving the recommendations.

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Operational workflow

  1. Log receipt and calculate the 15-calendar-day meeting deadline.
  2. Prepare a public staff report mapping each recommendation to the plan.
  3. Publish the agenda, recommendations, accessible materials, and translations as needed.
  4. Present the item for public board consideration and receive comment.
  5. Record direction, amendments, vote/action, and transmission to the county.

Implementation pathway

Calendar
Reconcile
Review
Act
Retain

Evidence to retain

  • County recommendations and receipt date
  • Agenda and public staff report
  • Accessible posted materials
  • Minutes, recording, public comment, and direction
  • Amendment/response and county transmission

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.