California Community Schools Partnership Program: Promise Neighborhoods

The law expands how local education agencies may use existing Community Schools Partnership Program funds to coordinate services across multiple schools in high-need neighborhoods. Retained funds must follow the state’s community-schools framework.

What the law does ​

• Permits local educational agencies to retain up to 10% of annual community-school allocations for administration, professional learning, networking, and service coordination.
• Allows those retained funds to support an agency acting as network lead for multiple eligible schoolsites in a Promise Neighborhood.
• Requires retained funds to be used consistently with the California Community Schools Framework.

Who it affects ​

• Local educational agencies operating eligible community-school sites.
• Students, families, educators, and community partners served through community schools and Promise Neighborhood networks.