Providing Fiscal Assistance and Services to Local Educational Agencies

THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA SINCE 1992

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New- 2025-26 FCMAT Annual Report

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Updated September 2026 — Fiscal Status of LEAs

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New — TK-12 Public Finance Training for Governing Boards

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New FCMAT Help Desk Platform Now Available

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New — Community College ASB Manual Now Available

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Updated — County Office of Education Fiscal Procedural Manual

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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.

Fact Check: What Sac City Unified’s Measure M does — and doesn’t — require

Oct 30, 2026

The Sacramento City Unified School District is asking voters to approve Measure M in Tuesday’s election, a $95-a-year parcel tax expected to raise about $10 million annually for special education and early intervention programs.

S.F. opens new school to keep high-needs special education students in the city

Oct 30, 2026

San Francisco has a new public school, officials announced Thursday, one that will educate many of the district’s highest needs students instead of sending them to costly non-public providers often located far outside the city.

EdSource: California voters face $12.6B in school bonds. Here’s what districts want to do with the money

Oct 30, 2026

Repairing roofs, bathrooms and gymnasium floors. Removing asbestos, mold and lead pipes. Modernizing labs and classrooms. These are among the repairs and projects school districts around the state are citing in their bid to convince voters to approve school bond measures.

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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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