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FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.
Mar 31, 2023
A political action committee has launched a petition calling for the immediate resignation of two conservative Christian Temecula school board members and the censure of another. One Temecula Valley PAC created the petition Monday, March 27, on change.org.
Mar 31, 2023
Jason Manning will not return to his position as Modesto High School principal, the Modesto City Schools district announced Wednesday evening. Manning has been on leave since the district launched an investigation Nov. 29 into allegations of inappropriate conduct between him and an unidentified employee.
Mar 31, 2023
A Black man who was removed from a California school district's public workshop on critical race theory (CRT) after a woman told him to leave the country has told Newsweek about his experience. CRT is an academic framework developed by legal scholars that examines America's history through the lens of racism
Mar 31, 2023
Legislation that would require high schools to provide free condoms to students was approved by the state Senate Education Committee. Senate Bill 541 would require California public high schools and charter schools to make condoms available to all students by the start of the 2024-25 academic year.
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Information on WorkshopsAs 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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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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