By John Fensterwald, EdSource, November 6, 2019
In its first detailed examination of former Gov. Jerry Brown’s landmark school funding law, the California State Auditor sharply criticized the Legislature and State Board of Education for failing to ensure that billions of dollars have been spent on low-income children and other students targeted for additional state money.
“In general, we determined that the State’s approach” to the Local Control Funding Formula “has not ensured that funding is benefiting students as intended,” State Auditor Elaine Howle wrote in a letter with the audit, released on Tuesday.
Howle issued her findings after examining spending by three districts since the funding formula went into effect six years ago: Oakland, San Diego and Clovis. Her report’s recommendations call for tightening rules for spending money explicitly allocated for low-income children, foster youths and English learners — the students targeted under the formula — and for making it easier for the state and the public to track spending within and across districts.
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