Providing Fiscal Assistance and Services to Local Educational Agencies

THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA SINCE 1992

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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.

Lineage warehouse fire: LAUSD teachers union demands safety measures

Aug 07, 2026

With the school year less than a week away, United Teachers Los Angeles have sent a demand letter to the Los Angeles Unified School District calling for urgent measures to protect students affected by the Lineage Logistics warehouse fire.

Flowers, mouthwash and a podcast: How one San Diego charter school leader spent tens of thousands in public money

Aug 07, 2026

A trip to Guatemala. A $322 “adult bean bag chair.” A $345 robot vacuum. A $538 Zen art decoration. Mouthwash from a hotel gift shop. These are some of the hundreds of credit card purchases made over eight years by school leaders at the Albert Einstein Academies charter school in South Park.

EdSource: Bill to amend California arts education law faces new opponent: former LAUSD Supt. Beutner

Aug 07, 2026

Former Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner has escalated his opposition to legislation he says would “gut” Proposition 28, the 2022 initiative he authored that promises $1 billion annually to expand arts education, vowing a legal challenge if the bill succeeds.

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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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