Skip to main content
Thomas Jefferson cartoon: One man with courage is a majority.

SDLA Compliance Resource

Report Local-Indicator Results with LCAP Adoption

The public-accountability action that connects locally measured priorities, the SBE self-reflection tools, governing review, and the adopted LCAP.

  • Local Indicators
  • LCAP
  • Governing Board
Date(s)At the same public meeting where the 2026–27 LCAP is adopted, on or before July 1, 2026
Applies toAll LEAs, including charter schools, for applicable local indicators

Emergency exception and county support

Use the statutory emergency route only when its conditions are met. County technical help does not create an independent local-indicator approval.

  • EC 52064.5(e)(2)(B) applies when a district board, county board or charter governing body cannot review required local-indicator data because of an emergency event covered by EC 46392(a). Review at the next governing meeting, adopt a resolution describing the event and stating the actual review date, and submit that resolution to CDE. Retain the emergency evidence, agenda, minutes, resolution and submission receipt.
  • The current CDE submission channel for the emergency resolution was not independently confirmed. Verify the receiving office/instructions rather than assuming the county LCAP portal or ordinary Dashboard form accepts it.
  • The county reference describes a next-meeting route after late TAMO data release. That specific route remains pending a current CDE primary-source notice; do not treat it as a general deadline extension or automatically merge it with the statutory emergency exception.
  • The LEA remains responsible for measurement, public nonconsent presentation and Dashboard reporting. COE technical assistance, state-required county review of district LCAPs, and a COE’s own LEA indicators are distinct responsibilities. No separate universal COE signoff on each local indicator is established here.

Authority: EC 52064.5(e) · EC 46392(a) · CDE Local Indicator FAQs. Reviewed October 21, 2026.

In Plain Language: Complete the current SBE self-reflection tools, place the results on the same governing-board/body agenda as LCAP adoption as a non-consent item, present the actual results publicly, and preserve the meeting date and evidence for Dashboard entry.

Next annual presentation and entity scope

The July 2026 record remains part of its original cycle. Prepare a separate non-consent presentation at the same meeting as 2027–28 LCAP adoption, on or before July 1, 2027. Use the applicable self-reflection tools; priorities 9 and 10 apply only to COEs. Keep Dashboard submission timing separate.

Coverage addition reviewed October 21, 2026.

Why this matters

Local indicators are not met by attaching a summary somewhere in the LCAP packet. Missing the same-meeting, non-consent presentation can result in “Standard Not Met” even when the LEA performed the underlying analysis.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: LCAP/accountability lead. Partners: local-indicator data owners, superintendent/designee, board office, legal/governance, communications, Dashboard Coordinator, educational partners, and charter authorizer when applicable.

From local-indicator tools to the LCAP adoption agenda: the SDLA ITO workflow

Local indicators must be reported publicly at the same meeting where the LCAP is adopted. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the applicable local indicators, the SBE self-reflection tools, and measures and evidence become the completed tools, the agenda and minutes, and the Dashboard handoff.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the applicable local indicators, the SBE self-reflection tools, and measures and evidence, through tool completion, reconciliation with the LCAP, agenda placement, and public presentation, to the completed tools, the agenda and minutes, and the Dashboard handoff.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers tool completion, reconciliation with the LCAP, agenda placement, and public presentation; Output covers the completed tools, the agenda and minutes, and the Dashboard handoff. Report on or before July 1, 2026, as a non-consent item at the LCAP adoption meeting.

Open the full-size workflow graphic

Operational workflow

  1. Confirm applicable local indicators and use the current SBE-adopted self-reflection tools.
  2. Reconcile measures, evidence, findings, and narrative with responsible data owners and the LCAP.
  3. Schedule a clearly identified non-consent item at the same meeting as LCAP adoption.
  4. Present the results, record questions/action, and ensure minutes identify both local-indicator reporting and LCAP adoption.
  5. Give the final tools, meeting date, agenda, materials, and minutes to the Dashboard Coordinator.

Implementation pathway

Measure
Complete tools
Agenda correctly
Present/adopt
Dashboard handoff

Evidence to retain

  • Completed self-reflection tools/source evidence
  • LCAP alignment review
  • Agenda and public materials
  • Presentation and adopted LCAP date
  • Minutes/recording
  • Dashboard handoff/approval

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify current CDE, governing, Dashboard, school-plan, SARC, safety, instructional-materials, local-calendar, and legal instructions before acting.