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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.

Torrance Elementary unveils expansion of TK, kindergarten classrooms

Dec 11, 2025

Torrance Elementary School was able to expand its transitional kindergarten and kindergarten programs this year by adding four additional classrooms and a playground — allowing around 90 more children to attend those initiatives.

Wish Book: The Independence Networks gives adult students with disabilities the opportunity to become the teacher

Dec 11, 2025

In a portable classroom on the Santa Clara Adult Education campus, Abraham Leza prepares to teach his weekly class just after the Friday lunch hour.

EdSource: Decline in new immigrant students puts newcomer programs in jeopardy

Dec 11, 2025

This time of year, Oakland schools are usually enrolling new immigrant students every day, sometimes opening up new classes to fit them all in. Not this year.

EdSource: After nearly two years, Congress throws rural schools a lifeline

Dec 11, 2025

When Congress showed no sign of continuing a key source of funding for rural schools for nearly two years, rural educators turned to their best advocates: their 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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