Santa Barbara County has significant funding disparities among local school districts, with those in wealthy neighborhoods able to pay higher salaries to employees and teachers, while neighboring districts struggle to compete, according to a recent study.
California’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) allocates funds to districts based on student population, demographics and need.
If a district would receive more money from local property tax revenue than it would from the LCFF allocation, then that district would be considered a basic aid or community funded district, and won’t receive its LCFF allocation…