Providing Fiscal Assistance and Services to Local Educational Agencies

THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA SINCE 1992

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Updated February 2026 — Fiscal Status of LEAs

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Community College CBO Mentor Program — Now Accepting Applications for 2026-27 Cohort

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Updated — County Office of Education Fiscal Procedural Manual

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New — Updated FCMAT Help Desk Now Available

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New — FCMAT 2024-25 Annual Report

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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.

An anonymous donor is giving every SFUSD educator $250 — no strings attached

Apr 10, 2026

A strange email was set to hit the inbox of every educator in the San Francisco Unified School District on Thursday, the contents resembling a Nigerian prince scam with an implausible message of free money.

Three unions unite in massive LAUSD strike threat: What’s at stake for workers, families

Apr 10, 2026

The looming strike next Tuesday at Los Angeles public schools unites three unlikely allies that, together, plan to bring the nation’s second-largest school system to a standstill and exert formidable pressure to reach a favorable settlement.

EdSource: Anxiety, trepidation and planning as LAUSD faces its third major strike in seven years

Apr 10, 2026

A potential three-union strike – involving roughly 70,000 employees of the Los Angeles Unified School District — scheduled to start Tuesday if there is no settlement, would cause upheaval throughout Los Angeles.

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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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