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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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.

Yulupa Avenue gets safety improvements where 9-year-old hit by car in August

Oct 13, 2026

New safety features are in place to ensure drivers slow down for pedestrians on the street where a 9-year-old boy was hit by a car outside a Santa Rosa elementary school in August. Road markings, traffic delineators and yield signs were installed Saturday, Oct. 10, on Yulupa Avenue outside Village Elementary School.

Santa Rosa City Schools’ first year of campus closures, staff reductions saved $11.1 million

Oct 13, 2026

As Santa Rosa City Schools settles into a second year following an unprecedented combination of school closures and workforce cuts, preliminary data showed the district saved more than $11.1 million through the fiscal year that ended this past June.

Marin schools trustee, hit with restraining order, resigns

Oct 13, 2026

Saavedra, 55, resigned on Friday, the day after a Marin Superior Court judge issued a three-year restraining order against him. It prohibits Saavedra from electronic or physical contact with Ina Gotlieb, the parent of a student in the district.

What California’s history of receivership tells us about Sac City Unified

Oct 13, 2026

Plumas is the most recent of 10 California districts to go through the process known as receivership. Sacramento City Unified School District, 100 miles down the hill, is trying hard not to become the next.

EdSource: Most LAUSD campuses have few tree canopies where students play. Parents want to change that

Oct 13, 2026

In 2009, a group of 25 students at Eagle Rock Elementary were asked by students at Cal Poly Pomona to draw their dream campus. Nearly all sketched schools with trees, farms and ponds.

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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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