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FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.
Sep 25, 2026
Data compiled and made publicly available by The Washington Post show that, in the 2023-24 school year, 64 public, charter and elementary schools in the Valley had fewer than 95% of kindergarten students who were fully vaccinated – receiving at least two doses of measles vaccine by the time they entered school.
Sep 25, 2026
A Stockton culinary arts teacher at Lincoln High School was arrested on suspicion of possessing more than 65,000 images of child abuse sexual material, the California Highway Patrol said Wednesday.
Sep 25, 2026
Immigration arrests of parents and students have been reported feet away from schools and a community college. Teachers and school leaders say the arrests are increasing fear among parents and students, and in some cases affecting attendance.
Sep 25, 2026
Two local school board presidents, Richard Barrera and Sonja Shaw, will face off in the November election for the position of state superintendent of public instruction — a role that has transformed significantly since the candidates first launched their campaigns.
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Information on WorkshopsAs 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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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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