Edunomics Lab examined the extent to which 14 California districts spend Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) dollars on their highest-needs schools. Using 2016-2017 expenditure data from the School Accountability Report Card, we found all but two districts passed along a smaller share of LCFF dollars to their schools with the highest-needs students. Below are our findings by district.

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The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305A170348 to Georgetown University. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.