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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.

No pay raise for Atascadero teachers prompts outcry at school board meeting

Feb 05, 2026

A crowd of parents and teachers gathered at a school board meeting in Atascadero on Tuesday night, urging the school board to rethink its decision not to offer teachers a cost-of-living pay raise this year.

Elk Grove school district board members consider raising their pay. How much?

Feb 05, 2026

Elk Grove Unified School District board members may soon be getting a raise. Board members may receive a raise of four times their current pay from a maximum of $750 a month to $3,000 a month, based on the size of the district under a new law, according to documents from Tuesday’s board meeting.

S.F. teachers on brink of a strike even as fact-finding report favors district

Feb 05, 2026

San Francisco teachers appeared on the verge of launching their first strike in almost 50 years unless an 11th-hour deal could be reached after nearly a year of unsuccessful negotiations.

EdSource: Kindergarten readiness varies widely by demographic group, new data shows

Feb 05, 2026

A child’s ability to use their words, identify several numbers and letters and even count all the way to 10. These are some of the factors that go into the idea of a child’s “readiness” for school.

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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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