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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.
Oct 08, 2026
Though the position is an elected one, the last five county superintendents were appointed to the job at first, to replace a predecessor who retired midway through the term. And when those superintendents stood for re-election, they almost never faced opposition.
Oct 08, 2026
One of the longest-serving members of the troubled Grossmont Union High School District’s board has been flouting official guidance to share legally sensitive information with his friends, while also airing grievances privately and plotting to exert control over the superintendent and other trustees, emails obtained by The San Diego Union-Tribune show.
Oct 08, 2026
Reigniting a long-simmering debate about police patrols at Los Angeles Unified schools, a group of parents on Wednesday called for officers to be returned to campuses after a student was attacked at Franklin High School and died after falling over a fourth-floor railing.
Oct 08, 2026
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra has not laid out a detailed plan for improving California schools, leaving education leaders to piece together what his administration might mean for the state’s nearly 6 million public school students.
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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.
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.
Visit CSISFCMAT 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, 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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