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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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.

SLO County school district superintendent to retire. ‘One of the greatest honors’

Mar 18, 2026

Eric Prater, the longtime leader of San Luis Obispo schools, will retire at the end of next school year.

Novato school district taps advisers for workforce housing

Mar 18, 2026

A new team to help Novato Unified School District with its education workforce housing plans has made its first public appearance.

Fresno Unified pulls out of César Chávez event following ‘troubling allegations’

Mar 18, 2026

An event in Fresno to honor César Chávez has been cancelled after the emergence of “troubling allegations” against the late labor leader. The San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday morning that Chávez allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual relationships with women and at least one minor.

Fensterwald: California school boards fault state government’s failure to narrow the achievement gap

Mar 18, 2026

Advocates and experts cite many factors behind a persistent student achievement gap: poverty, chronic absences and health challenges, poor instruction, a lack of teacher preparation, inadequate funding, bureaucratic intransigence and entrenched interests.

L.A. teachers union widely expected to announce strike date at massive Wednesday rally

Mar 18, 2026

With contract negotiations at a standstill, leaders of the Los Angeles teachers union are widely expected on Wednesday to announce the date of a strike that, if carried out, would interrupt the education of about 390,000 students.

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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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