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.

Cash-strapped Sac City Unified left $1.8M in arts funding unspent. Now it must return the money

Oct 22, 2026

Sacramento City Unified School District had three years to spend $6.3 million in Proposition 28 arts and music funding. It spent about $4.5 million, leaving $1.8 million unspent — more than any other California school district.

Grossmont school district to reinstate 9 librarians, after more than a year of turmoil

Oct 22, 2026

Twenty months after staffing cuts that prompted a long-running outcry, nine teacher librarians in East County learned Wednesday they will get their old jobs back.

Preschool, transitional kindergarten deliver big: 11 months ahead in reading, 8 in math

Oct 22, 2026

One of the most comprehensive studies of California’s multibillion-dollar investment in early education programs offers evidence that the funding is paying off in academic achievement years later.

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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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