Local control funding: How it works and how to get involved

Long Beach community members are hopeful that the Local Control Funding Formula will change the way their school district makes budget decisions.  The law brings stakeholder committees into budget decisions and requires that community views on how local school money gets spent are taken into account.  Students and parents can get involved, but they have to take initiative.  "[P]arent involvement is a must. We are not doctors, teachers or psychologists, but we are parents and we are the voice of our children.”  More about LCFF in Long Beach is on Voicewaves.