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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.

Novato schools postpone parcel tax redo

Jul 31, 2026

Despite strong calls to try again after an excruciating near miss in June, Novato Unified School District trustees agreed to hold off on placing a parcel tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot to build community support.

Paradise Elementary officially reopens with community celebration

Jul 31, 2026

When Paradise Unified School District board member Rich Gingery Jr. first saw the Paradise Elementary School campus after the 2018 Camp Fire, he said he was speechless. Now, nearly eight years later, his reaction is entirely different.

Grand jury investigation into Fresno Unified focused on payment to former employee

Jul 31, 2026

Fresno Unified was recently the subject of a grand jury probe, and while the query prompted some recommendations, it also shed light on some controversy surrounding district payouts.

As tensions with county grow, Sac City Unified approves plan to avoid state takeover

Jul 31, 2026

As tensions rise with the Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento City Unified is pressing ahead with a new fiscal sustainability plan aimed at avoiding insolvency and preserving local control.

For the second time, lawmakers failed to fix California’s warning system for teacher misconduct

Jul 31, 2026

A last-ditch legislative attempt to help California school districts keep problematic teachers out of the classroom has collapsed following opposition from unions and the state teacher licensing agency that a proposed searchable database would violate privacy and subject educators to unfair treatment.

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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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