States may retain
up to 5 percent of their allocations for State - level activities, and must distribute one - half of the remainder by formula to eligible
local educational agencies and the other one - half competitively to eligible
local entities.
The $ 90.3 million that had previously been directed to the two grant programs was swallowed
up by the LCFF, which in its first year gave
local educational agencies a total of $ 4.5 billion in additional funding as well greater authority over how the dollars are spent.