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.

7 students arrested, several injured in suspected gang-related fight at Montgomery High School

Oct 21, 2026

Seven students were arrested and several were injured Tuesday in an afternoon fight on the campus of Montgomery Junior Senior High School in Santa Rosa, where police said a 15-year-old student wielded a knife in the altercation before fleeing ahead of officers’ arrival.

Two 15-year-old girls arrested for alleged school shooting plot at Corona High

Oct 21, 2026

Police launched an investigation into a school shooting plot on Oct. 6 when the FBI shared information about social media communications involving a potential threat at Corona High School, officials said. Working with the FBI, police arrested a 15-year-old student who attends Corona High School.

Who are the candidates running for California Superintendent of Public Instruction?

Oct 21, 2026

California voters will decide who will serve as the state's next superintendent of public instruction in the Nov. 3 general election. Democrat Richard Barrera is running against Republican Sonja Shaw.

What to know about California’s other tax-the-rich measure: Prop. 3

Oct 21, 2026

If Proposition 3 looks familiar, it’s because this is the third time the income tax measure has appeared on California ballots. But this time might be the last.

EdSource: How Kings Canyon students outpace their peers — A data focus, learning mindset among teachers

Oct 21, 2026

At a team meeting at Silas Bartsch School last year, math teachers noted that many fifth graders missed a multistep multiplication problem, which required them to multiply, regroup, then add.

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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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