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SDLA Compliance Resource

Provide Forest Reserve Enrollment Data to the County Office

An implementation guide for districts in or adjacent to a national forest to report the enrollment data the county superintendent uses to apportion federal forest reserve funds.

  • Fiscal & Budget
  • Attendance & Enrollment
Date(s)When the county office requests it (for example, Los Angeles County collects data in April based on enrollment on the last day of the sixth school month)
SourceEC 2300
Applies toSchool districts lying within or adjacent to a United States national forest reserve

In Plain Language: Federal payments for national forest land go to counties, and the county superintendent shares them with school districts in or next to the forest under EC 2300. To calculate each district's share, the county asks for counts (and sometimes addresses) of students who live inside the forest reserve boundary.

Why this matters

If the district does not respond, it may receive less than its share. Because the data can include student addresses, it must be handled as protected student information.

Joint ownership

District: student information or attendance office extracts the data; fiscal services submits. County office: sets the date, method, and allocation.

From student addresses to a forest reserve data submission: the SDLA ITO workflow

This workflow produces an accurate, secure count of students living within the forest reserve. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the inputs become the outputs in 9 steps.

SDLA ITO: 9 steps. Input: read the county request; pull student addresses; get the forest boundary. Transformation: match addresses to the boundary; validate the list; prepare the file. Output: secure submission; retained count support; revenue estimate.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers match addresses to the boundary; validate the list; prepare the file; Output delivers secure submission; retained count support; revenue estimate. Submit by the county office's requested date.

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Implementation workflow

  1. On the county requestPlan.Confirm the count date, format, and due date.
  2. Count dateExtract.Pull enrollment and addresses as of the specified date.
  3. Before the due dateMatch and validate.Match to the boundary and review.
  4. County due dateSubmit securely.Send the data and retain support.

Forest reserve checklist

  • County request and due date logged.
  • Count date matches the county's instruction.
  • Boundary matching method documented.
  • Only requested fields sent through a secure channel.

Official guidance and help

Source review completed October 25, 2026. Verify whether your county office collects this data and its current method; this applies only to districts in or adjacent to a national forest.