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SDLA Compliance Resource

Post the Approved LCAP Prominently on the LEA Homepage

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

  • LCAP
  • Public posting
  • 2026–27
Date(s)After governing-board/body approval
Applies toCalifornia school districts and the reviewing authorities or partners responsible for this step; confirm charter and COE pathways separately

In Plain Language: Publish the approved LCAP package through a prominent homepage link that families and community members can find without knowing the district’s internal department structure.

Why this matters

A file technically present somewhere on a website is not the same as a prominent, usable public posting. The online copy must remain accessible, current, and complete.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: communications/web owner with the LCAP lead. Partners: superintendent’s office, business services, accessibility lead, language-access staff, and records staff.

From the approved LCAP to a findable homepage posting: the SDLA ITO workflow

Families should reach the LCAP without knowing how the district is organized. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the approved LCAP package, its accessible versions, and the Budget Overview for Parents become the approved files and URLs, the test evidence, and the change log and archive.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the approved LCAP package, its accessible versions, and the Budget Overview for Parents, through locking files, creating the link, posting, and testing, to the approved files and URLs, the test evidence, and the change log and archive.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers locking files, creating the link, posting, and testing; Output covers the approved files and URLs, the test evidence, and the change log and archive. Post after governing-board approval, and set up recurring checks.

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Operational workflow

  1. Lock the approved public files and accessible versions.
  2. Create a plainly labeled homepage link and stable destination.
  3. Post the full package, including the Budget Overview for Parents.
  4. Test anonymously on desktop/mobile and verify downloads open correctly.
  5. Assign recurring link, accessibility, and superseded-version checks.

Implementation pathway

Calendar
Reconcile
Review
Act
Retain

Evidence to retain

  • Approved public files
  • Homepage and destination URLs
  • Accessibility and translation checks
  • Logged-out/mobile test evidence
  • Change log and archive record

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.