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Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP): How Your Voice Matters
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Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP): How Your Voice Matters
April 11, 2026
April 11, 2026
Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP): How Your Voice Matters
The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is a three-year plan that every district must create and update on an annual basis with input from the community. The LCAP explains how the district will use state funds to improve the educational outcomes for all students based on eight state priorities.
Annually the Board of Education decides how to best invest in our schools through planning the district budget around the state allocated LCAP funds with input from district and school staff, parents, and school communities. As customers of the district, parents have a unique vantage point to see how funded programs are implemented and their outcomes. Parent’s voices can share perspectives with the Board of Education on what is working and what needs to improve.
What is Included in the LCAP?
Included in the LCAP are:
District-wide and school-wide goals, as well as specific actions to be taken to achieve the goals for all students, including specific subgroups of students, in each of the eight state priority areas, plus any locally identified priority areas.
Expected progress toward meeting the goals, and as part of a district’s required annual update of the plan, the district must describe actual progress made toward meeting the goals and describe any adjustments to be made.
Expenditures required for implementation of the goals and actions, including a description of how additional funds provided for low-income students, English learners, and foster youth will be used to increase or improve services for these students.
The process involves parents, students, community members, school employees and other stakeholders in developing, reviewing, and supporting implementation of the LCAP.
LCAP’s Eight Priority Areas
The LCAP must focus on eight priority areas that help all students succeed. These eight priority areas reflect my belief that many factors – both inside and outside the classroom – positively impact student success.
Basic Services - Providing all students with access to fully credentialed teachers, instructional materials that align with state standards, and safe, properly maintained school facilities.
Implementation of State Standards—Ensuring school programs and services enable all students, including English learners, to access California’s academic content and performance standards.
Parent Involvement— Efforts by the school district and schools to seek input from all parents and to engage parents in decision-making, as well as promoting parent participation in programs that meet the needs of their students and all students.
Student Achievement— Improving achievement and outcomes for all students, as measured in multiple ways, such as test scores, English proficiency and college and career preparedness.
Student Engagement— Providing students with engaging programs and course work that keeps them in school, as measured in part by attendance rates, dropout rates and graduation rates.
School Climate— Factors both inside and outside the classroom that impact student success such as health, safety, student discipline and school connectedness, as measured in part by suspension and expulsion rates, and surveys of students, teachers and parents.
Course Access — All students must have access to a broad course of study in all required subject areas that prepars them for college and careers, regardless of what school they attend or where they live.
Other Student Outcomes— Measuring other important indicators of student performance in all required areas of study.
My Voice, As a Parent and As a Board Member
As a parent of two children who attend Murrieta schools, I am committed to do my part to stay informed about the information in the most current version of the LCAP. That includes reading the LCAP…yes, all 160 pages of it! For those of you that may not have time to join me with this assignment you can read and review the first three pages of the document that will give you an overview of the LCAP budget for Murrieta Valley Unified School District.
You can find the entire MVUSD’s LCAP document by clicking on this link: https://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/academics/lcap . The document is available in English and Spanish.
You can also find a two page summary of the 2024/2025 LCAP at this link: 2024-2025 LCAP Summary or 2024-2025 LCAP Summary Spanish.
As a Board Member my voice will also be heard as the Board prepares to review, advise, and approve the 2026/27 LCAP. I will represent the parents and families who have questions or suggestions about the LCAP and provide information to the community as the approval process progresses.
Together, as students, parents, families, community members, and staff members we can continue to build a wonderful academic future for our children.
Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP): How Your Voice Matters
The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is a three-year plan that every district must create and update on an annual basis with input from the community. The LCAP explains how the district will use state funds to improve the educational outcomes for all students based on eight state priorities.
Annually the Board of Education decides how to best invest in our schools through planning the district budget around the state allocated LCAP funds with input from district and school staff, parents, and school communities. As customers of the district, parents have a unique vantage point to see how funded programs are implemented and their outcomes. Parent’s voices can share perspectives with the Board of Education on what is working and what needs to improve.
What is Included in the LCAP?
Included in the LCAP are:
District-wide and school-wide goals, as well as specific actions to be taken to achieve the goals for all students, including specific subgroups of students, in each of the eight state priority areas, plus any locally identified priority areas.
Expected progress toward meeting the goals, and as part of a district’s required annual update of the plan, the district must describe actual progress made toward meeting the goals and describe any adjustments to be made.
Expenditures required for implementation of the goals and actions, including a description of how additional funds provided for low-income students, English learners, and foster youth will be used to increase or improve services for these students.
The process involves parents, students, community members, school employees and other stakeholders in developing, reviewing, and supporting implementation of the LCAP.
LCAP’s Eight Priority Areas
The LCAP must focus on eight priority areas that help all students succeed. These eight priority areas reflect my belief that many factors – both inside and outside the classroom – positively impact student success.
Basic Services - Providing all students with access to fully credentialed teachers, instructional materials that align with state standards, and safe, properly maintained school facilities.
Implementation of State Standards—Ensuring school programs and services enable all students, including English learners, to access California’s academic content and performance standards.
Parent Involvement— Efforts by the school district and schools to seek input from all parents and to engage parents in decision-making, as well as promoting parent participation in programs that meet the needs of their students and all students.
Student Achievement— Improving achievement and outcomes for all students, as measured in multiple ways, such as test scores, English proficiency and college and career preparedness.
Student Engagement— Providing students with engaging programs and course work that keeps them in school, as measured in part by attendance rates, dropout rates and graduation rates.
School Climate— Factors both inside and outside the classroom that impact student success such as health, safety, student discipline and school connectedness, as measured in part by suspension and expulsion rates, and surveys of students, teachers and parents.
Course Access — All students must have access to a broad course of study in all required subject areas that prepars them for college and careers, regardless of what school they attend or where they live.
Other Student Outcomes— Measuring other important indicators of student performance in all required areas of study.
My Voice, As a Parent and As a Board Member
As a parent of two children who attend Murrieta schools, I am committed to do my part to stay informed about the information in the most current version of the LCAP. That includes reading the LCAP…yes, all 160 pages of it! For those of you that may not have time to join me with this assignment you can read and review the first three pages of the document that will give you an overview of the LCAP budget for Murrieta Valley Unified School District.
You can find the entire MVUSD’s LCAP document by clicking on this link: https://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/academics/lcap . The document is available in English and Spanish.
You can also find a two page summary of the 2024/2025 LCAP at this link: 2024-2025 LCAP Summary or 2024-2025 LCAP Summary Spanish.
As a Board Member my voice will also be heard as the Board prepares to review, advise, and approve the 2026/27 LCAP. I will represent the parents and families who have questions or suggestions about the LCAP and provide information to the community as the approval process progresses.
Together, as students, parents, families, community members, and staff members we can continue to build a wonderful academic future for our children.
Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP): How Your Voice Matters
The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is a three-year plan that every district must create and update on an annual basis with input from the community. The LCAP explains how the district will use state funds to improve the educational outcomes for all students based on eight state priorities.
Annually the Board of Education decides how to best invest in our schools through planning the district budget around the state allocated LCAP funds with input from district and school staff, parents, and school communities. As customers of the district, parents have a unique vantage point to see how funded programs are implemented and their outcomes. Parent’s voices can share perspectives with the Board of Education on what is working and what needs to improve.
What is Included in the LCAP?
Included in the LCAP are:
District-wide and school-wide goals, as well as specific actions to be taken to achieve the goals for all students, including specific subgroups of students, in each of the eight state priority areas, plus any locally identified priority areas.
Expected progress toward meeting the goals, and as part of a district’s required annual update of the plan, the district must describe actual progress made toward meeting the goals and describe any adjustments to be made.
Expenditures required for implementation of the goals and actions, including a description of how additional funds provided for low-income students, English learners, and foster youth will be used to increase or improve services for these students.
The process involves parents, students, community members, school employees and other stakeholders in developing, reviewing, and supporting implementation of the LCAP.
LCAP’s Eight Priority Areas
The LCAP must focus on eight priority areas that help all students succeed. These eight priority areas reflect my belief that many factors – both inside and outside the classroom – positively impact student success.
Basic Services - Providing all students with access to fully credentialed teachers, instructional materials that align with state standards, and safe, properly maintained school facilities.
Implementation of State Standards—Ensuring school programs and services enable all students, including English learners, to access California’s academic content and performance standards.
Parent Involvement— Efforts by the school district and schools to seek input from all parents and to engage parents in decision-making, as well as promoting parent participation in programs that meet the needs of their students and all students.
Student Achievement— Improving achievement and outcomes for all students, as measured in multiple ways, such as test scores, English proficiency and college and career preparedness.
Student Engagement— Providing students with engaging programs and course work that keeps them in school, as measured in part by attendance rates, dropout rates and graduation rates.
School Climate— Factors both inside and outside the classroom that impact student success such as health, safety, student discipline and school connectedness, as measured in part by suspension and expulsion rates, and surveys of students, teachers and parents.
Course Access — All students must have access to a broad course of study in all required subject areas that prepars them for college and careers, regardless of what school they attend or where they live.
Other Student Outcomes— Measuring other important indicators of student performance in all required areas of study.
My Voice, As a Parent and As a Board Member
As a parent of two children who attend Murrieta schools, I am committed to do my part to stay informed about the information in the most current version of the LCAP. That includes reading the LCAP…yes, all 160 pages of it! For those of you that may not have time to join me with this assignment you can read and review the first three pages of the document that will give you an overview of the LCAP budget for Murrieta Valley Unified School District.
You can find the entire MVUSD’s LCAP document by clicking on this link: https://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/academics/lcap . The document is available in English and Spanish.
You can also find a two page summary of the 2024/2025 LCAP at this link: 2024-2025 LCAP Summary or 2024-2025 LCAP Summary Spanish.
As a Board Member my voice will also be heard as the Board prepares to review, advise, and approve the 2026/27 LCAP. I will represent the parents and families who have questions or suggestions about the LCAP and provide information to the community as the approval process progresses.
Together, as students, parents, families, community members, and staff members we can continue to build a wonderful academic future for our children.
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FPPC #1488132
© Elliot Emmer
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