Monique Altamirano

This document serves as the 2025-26 Mid-Year Annual Local Control and Accountability Plan Update for Los Angeles Unified, covering the period from June 2025 through October 2025. The plan outlines goals, actions, services, and expenditures to support positive student outcomes and address state and local priorities. Its key strategic areas include Academic Excellence, Joy and Wellness, Engagement and Collaboration, Operational Effectiveness, Investing in Staff, English Learner Supports, Black Student Achievement Plan, and the Equity Multiplier Focus Goal.

This document provides an Annual Mid-Year Update for the Los Angeles Unified School District's Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) for 2025-26. The LCAP serves as a triennial roadmap detailing goals, actions, services, and expenditures aimed at fostering positive student outcomes in alignment with state and local priorities. The update, covering June to October 2025, includes financial adjustments for LCFF revenue and implementation data, addressing eight strategic goals: Academic Excellence, Joy and Well-being, Engagement and Collaboration, Operational Effectiveness, Investment in Staff, Support for English Learners, the African American Student Achievement Plan, and the Equity Multiplier Focus Goal.

The document reflects the reconvening of a closed session that originated two weeks prior, occurring at 10:34 AM on December 8, 2025. Following the closed session, the board reconvened in open session at 2:46 PM on the same date. The open session proceedings concluded with a roll call confirming a quorum of five board members present, and the meeting was adjourned shortly thereafter, with no items reported out from the closed session.

The meeting commenced with a land acknowledgement recognizing the Gavaleno and Fernando Tatavian peoples. The Board President and Vice President offered remarks regarding the ongoing work, commitment to inclusivity, and transparency in committee meetings, particularly concerning budget and community priorities. Public comments from labor partners, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) and SEIU Local 99, heavily focused on labor disputes, demanding fair contracts, livable wages, and adequate staffing levels for essential workers such as special education assistants and food service workers. Specific concerns included poverty wages, housing insecurity among staff, budget cuts while utilizing subcontracting via secret contracts, and the district's fiscal priorities relative to staff compensation and benefits eligibility. Speakers urged the Board to direct the superintendent back to negotiations with substantial movement and demanded greater transparency regarding contracts and budget stabilization plans.

This special meeting included a closed session. The meeting began with the reading of the purpose and authority for the meeting and public comment on action items. A significant portion of the open session involved public comment, though several listed speakers were unable to participate. The body subsequently recessed into a closed session to discuss conference of labor negotiators, pursuant to Government Code section 54957.6, involving multiple employee organizations. Upon returning from the closed session, no items were reported out, and the meeting was adjourned.