Providing Fiscal Assistance and Services to Local Educational Agencies

THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA SINCE 1992

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News In Education

FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.

Leadership crisis unfolds at Sonora Elementary School

Feb 03, 2026

Sonora Elementary School Superintendent Cheryl Griffiths was placed on administrative leave Sunday night, two days after the Tuolumne County District Attorney’s Office filed a misdemeanor charge accusing her of failing to report suspected child abuse at the school last year.

Twin Rivers Unified teachers vote for a strike. Here’s when it could happen

Feb 03, 2026

The union announced Monday that more than 95% of the roughly 1,400 teachers it represents voted to authorize the first strike in the district’s history if a contract agreement is not reached soon.

Pasadena Unified did not discriminate in 2019 school closings, judge rules

Feb 03, 2026

Judgment has been entered in favor of the Pasadena Unified School District in a discrimination lawsuit filed by parents of children who attended the majority-Latino Roosevelt, Jefferson and Franklin elementary schools, all of which were shuttered by the school board in 2019.

High Desert schools make state’s low vaccination rate ‘watch list’

Feb 03, 2026

A group of High Desert and San Bernardino County-based schools has been repeatedly listed on the low kindergarten vaccination rates "watch list."

Schools putting new limits on Coachella Valley students’ cellphone use

Feb 03, 2026

As a state deadline draws closer to limit cellphone use at school, K-12 school districts in the Coachella Valley are outlining how those changes could look on their campuses.

EdSource: Amid a shortage of arts educators, a new fund launches to train teachers

Feb 03, 2026

The Arts and Music in Schools Act, the historic arts education mandate that greatly expanded the role of the arts in California classrooms, is receiving a boost in specialized educators to teach arts education in K-12 schools.

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Our Services

These three services represent the people and skills behind FCMAT and our dedication to California's educational system.

Professional Learning Workshops

FCMAT's professional learning service includes regional and local educational agency (LEA)-specific workshops on a variety of topics for county offices, school districts, charter schools and community colleges; various leadership preparation programs; and written resources and presentations on a variety of topics given by staff throughout California.

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California School Information Services (CSIS)

As a service of FCMAT, CSIS assists LEAs in addressing a variety of challenges in the management and exchange of public school student, staff, and institutional information. CSIS has a long-standing history of providing leadership, information and tools designed to empower California's LEAs with increasing access to and use of high-quality data.

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Fiscal Health Risk Analysis (FHRA) and Indicators of Risk or Potential Insolvency

FCMAT has developed the FHRA and the Indicators of Risk or Financial Insolvency tools to help evaluate an LEA's fiscal health and risk of insolvency in the current and two subsequent fiscal years. Separate versions exist for TK-12, charter schools, and community colleges.

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Ed-Data.org

Ed-Data.org, also known as the Education Data Partnership, is a partnership of the California Department of Education, EdSource, and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team/California School Information Services (FCMAT/CSIS). It provides educators, parents, policy makers, the legislature and public access to timely and comprehensive fiscal, demographic, and performance data about TK-12 education in California.

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