Providing Fiscal Assistance and Services to Local Educational Agencies

THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA SINCE 1992

Learn More

Updated April 2026 — Fiscal Status of LEAs

See the Latest Data

New - CBO Coaching and Induction Program 2026-27 Applications and Information now Available

Learn More

Community College CBO Mentor Program — Now Accepting Applications for 2026-27 Cohort

Learn More and Apply

Updated — County Office of Education Fiscal Procedural Manual

See the Manual

New — Updated FCMAT Help Desk Now Available

Visit the New Help Desk

New — FCMAT 2024-25 Annual Report

Read the Annual Report

Headlines

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.

Performing Arts Center to break ground at Monte Bella Elementary

May 05, 2026

District administrators, including Abbasi, Superintendent Monica Anzo and former Superintendent Jim Koenig first presented the idea to the Board of Trustees in June 2023. The project is estimated to cost approximately $8 million, utilizing money from the District’s general funds, construction funds and a music and arts block grant.

EdSource: California’s education funding level rises compared to other states

May 05, 2026

It may come as a surprise to Californians who know the state has consistently ranked low in how much it spends on students compared to other states: California’s ranking has soared to the 13th-highest in the nation for how much it funds education per student.

View More Education News

Featured

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.

Information on Workshops

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.

Visit CSIS

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.

Browse Resources

Spotlight

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.

Visit Ed-Data.org