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SDLA Compliance Resource

Submit 2026 Local-Indicator Results to the Dashboard

The final public-reporting control that converts completed self-reflection tools and governing-board evidence into the LEA’s Dashboard local-indicator ratings and narratives.

  • Local Indicators
  • Dashboard
  • Submission
Date(s)Summer 2026 reporting window; exact dates require the CDE opening notice
Applies toAll LEAs, including charter schools, through an approved Dashboard Coordinator or Main/Alternate Authorizer

In Plain Language: When CDE opens the window, enter each applicable current self-reflection tool, the exact board/body presentation and LCAP-adoption date, and required narratives; independently review, submit, and preserve confirmation before the published close.

Why this matters

Missing the window or one performance-standard element produces “Standard Not Met” or, after repeated failure, “Not Met for Two or More Years,” which may affect differentiated-assistance eligibility.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: approved Dashboard Coordinator. Partners: LCAP/accountability lead, indicator data owners, superintendent/Main Authorizer, board office, data reviewer, communications, and charter leadership.

From completed tools to Dashboard local-indicator ratings: the SDLA ITO workflow

Entries come exactly from the approved source package, and a second person compares every screen before submission. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how CDE's window notice, the completed self-reflection tools, and the board and LCAP adoption evidence become the source package, the entry review checklist, and the submission and display verification.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from CDE's window notice, the completed self-reflection tools, and the board and LCAP adoption evidence, through access verification, assembling the source package, entry, and independent review, to the source package, the entry review checklist, and the submission and display verification.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers access verification, assembling the source package, entry, and independent review; Output covers the source package, the entry review checklist, and the submission and display verification. Submit during the summer 2026 window, once CDE opens it and before the published close.

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Operational workflow

  1. Monitor the LCFF/CDE notice and record the official opening, closing, and access instructions.
  2. Verify coordinator approval and assemble final tools, evidence, governing date, agenda/minutes, and LCAP adoption record.
  3. Enter each applicable indicator and narrative exactly from the approved source; address charter nonapplicability only through current guidance.
  4. Independently compare every screen with the source package, then submit before the close.
  5. Save confirmation/screenshots and review the preview/public Dashboard for correct display.

Implementation pathway

Official notice
Source package
Enter
Review/submit
Verify display

Evidence to retain

  • CDE window notice
  • Access/authorization evidence
  • Final tools and board/LCAP record
  • Entry review checklist
  • Submission confirmation
  • Preview/public display verification

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.