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.

County education office urges Sacramento City Unified to revise budget again

Sep 22, 2026

Sacramento City Unified’s budget tells two very different stories about what happens next. By the numbers in the budget the district adopted in June, the district is headed toward a $228.9 million deficit by the end of 2026-27 school year.

Val Verde school board aims to improve relations with superintendent

Sep 22, 2026

After putting the potential discipline or firing of its schools chief on an agenda, the Val Verde school board decided to try to work things out with Superintendent Gordon Amerson.

EdSource: College-bound Bay Area high school students say AI is useful, and a source of anxiety

Sep 22, 2026

Logan Fanene uses ChatGPT to fix his car, but homework is a different story. The Bay Area high school senior tries to avoid using artificial intelligence to help with school work, he says.

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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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