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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

State county-review duties and local intake procedures

A county superintendent performs these statewide statutory duties for school-district LCAPs. A county-specific portal or earlier intake target is a separate local procedure.

  • EC 52070(a): the district files its adopted LCAP/annual update with the county superintendent no later than five days after adoption. The county may request written clarification by August 15; the district board responds in writing within fifteen days of the request.
  • The county may send written amendment recommendations within fifteen days after receiving the district response. The district board considers those recommendations in a public meeting within fifteen days of receipt. Retain actual delivery/receipt dates; these are triggered clocks, not identical fixed dates for every district.
  • The county superintendent approves by October 8 if the statutory template, budget, expenditure and applicable carryover/service conditions are met. Keep local board adoption distinct from reviewer approval and retain the approval/revision record.
  • Where the county superintendent has jurisdiction over a single district, the State Superintendent performs the EC 52070 duties. COE-own LCAP review and charter submission follow their own authorities; this district approval chain must not be generalized to them.
  • If a county requests an earlier upload, checklist or local format, record the county, notice, receiving system and local target separately from EC 52070. No statewide earlier intake date is established by a county worksheet.

Authority: EC 52070: district/county clocks and single-district exception. Reviewed October 21, 2026.

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.