Mark Coplan/Berkeley Unified School Commune

Parents listen during a Dec. 3 forum on the Local Control Funding Formula at the Berkeley Unified School District.

Mark Coplan/Berkeley Unified School District

Parents mind during a December. three forum on the Local Control Funding Formula at the Berkeley Unified School District.

With a change in state law that gives parents a larger part in school budget-making decisions, a commencement-of-its kind statewide poll by EdSource gives new insight into how involved parents are with their children'south schools and the obstacles to greater parent engagement in schools.

The weeklong telephone survey reached 1,003 parents across California to assess their knowledge of the Local Control Funding Formula law, their overall satisfaction with their child'southward school, and to estimate their willingness to go involved in the budgeting process. The poll shows a high level of parental involvement in their children'due south schools, but with distinct differences tied to levels of parental income. About parents say they have never heard of the new law — simply indicate a willingness to participate in the conclusion-making process once they are told near it. The survey was underwritten past The California Endowment and conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3).

Read EdSource Today's story on the poll here.

We've also presented the results in a multifariousness of formats for your use. The commencement is a PowerPoint presentation that we encourage you to download and use at customs meetings and parent presentations. Also provided is a summary of survey findings and a detailed look at the questions and responses. We've too included the news release on the survey, summarizing key findings.

Downloadable PowerPoint presentation on primal findings of the poll

Summary of survey results

Detailed look at survey questions, with responses

EdSource news release announcing the poll

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