HomeMy WebLinkAboutFY 2023 Forest Service Payment to States, Public Law 117-58 JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WORKSHOP AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Mark McCauley, County Administrator
DATE: 7/17/2023
SUBJECT: County Distribution Percentages and Payment Method for Secure Rural
Schools (SRS) Monies
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Periodically the Washington State Treasurer gives counties the option to change the distribution percentages
for Title I, II and III monies made available under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self
Determination Act. Jefferson County's current allocation percentages, elected by the county last in 2022, are
85%, 13% and 2% for Titles I, II and III, respectively. We have been asked to confirm our existing
distribution percentages or chose another distribution scheme. Failure to do this will result in these monies
being distributed using the following default percentages: 80%to Title 1 and 20%to be distributed between
Titles II and III (most likely to Title II).
The State Treasurer is also asking us to chose between the full SRS payment and our share of the State's 24-
percent payment based on the 7-year rolling average of annual receipts.
ANALYSIS:
The Secure Rural Schools Act breaks payments into three distinct categories:
Title I - Roads & Schools
Counties generally receive the majority of Secure Rural Schools funds under Title I, which is designated for
the benefit of public schools and public roads. In years when the Secure Rural Schools Act is reauthorized
by Congress, Title I payments are made from the USDA Forest Service to states. States then distribute the
payment to all eligible counties. The funds must be passed through to local governmental entities for use at
the county level (but not necessarily to county governments themselves). Each state must spend the funds on
road and school programs, and state law sets forth how the payments are to be allocated between road and
school projects. The state laws differ widely, generally ranging from 30%to 100% for school programs.
Title II - Special Projects on Federal Lands
Counties typically receive 20% or less of Secure Rural Schools funds under Title II, which are used by
willing Federal agencies, State and local governments, private and nonprofit entities, and landowners for
protection, restoration and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, and other natural resource objectives on
Federal land and on non-Federal land where projects would benefit these resources on Federal land.
Rather than being distributed to the State, Title II funds are retained by the Forest Service and are allocated
to specific projects that have been reviewed and recommended by a local Resource Advisory Committee.
Resource Advisory Committees must initiate (recommend) Title II projects by September 30, 2025. Project
funds must be obligated by Sept. 30, 2026
Title III - County Projects
Funds received under Title III are used to:
• carry out activities under the Firewise Communities program
• reimburse the participating county for search and rescue and other emergency services, including
firefighting and law enforcement patrols
• cover training costs and equipment purchases directly related to the emergency service
• develop and carry out community wildfire protection plans.
• provide or expand access to broadband telecommunications services
In years when the Secure Rural Schools Act is reauthorized by Congress, Title III payments are made from
the Forest Service to states. States then distribute the payment to all eligible counties.
Public Works relies heavily on the Secure Rural Schools Title I revenue which has been steadily reduced
over time. The County makes up for some of these lost revenues by sharing PILT revenues received every
year. Public Works recommends that the County keep the existing distribution percentages.
Title II monies are retained by the Forest Service and are allocated for specific projects recommended by a
local Resource Advisory Committee.
The bulk of Jefferson County Title III monies have been used to hire a consultant to help us prepare
Community Wildfire Protection Plans for our various communities. Remaining Title III funds will likely be
devoted to buying search and rescue equipment.
Regarding which payment method to select the State Treasurer has provided an Estimated Payment Report,
attached, which clearly shows that using the Full SRS Payment Amount would be preferable to the 7-year
Rolling Average Amount. Our average SRS payment from 2018 through 2022 was about $382,000, much
higher than the 7-year rolling average method.
FISCAL IMPACT:
If the Board of County Commissioners approve staff s recommendation this request will preserve the status
quo and will have no fiscal impact. Should the Board choose to reduce the Title I distribution percentage,
staff recommends consulting school districts who receive 50% of Title I funds. Said school districts include
Queets-Clearwater, Brinnon, Quilcene, Chimacum and Port Townsend.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Board approve maintaining the County's current Secure Rural Schools distribution percentages,
select the Full SRS Payment Method and authorize the County Administrator to complete the "Election to
Receive Payment and Allocate the State Payment Form" confirming their choices.
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FY 2023 Forest Service Payment to States, Public Law 117-58
Election to Receive Payment
Election to Allocate the State Payment
By August 1, 2023 (midnight, mountain time), please complete and return all pages of this
form to the U.S. Forest Service, Albuquerque Service Center, All Service Receipts (ASR)
Section.
By email: sm.fs.asc asr@usda.gov
By fax: (877) 684-1422, ATTN: ASR
A county's election to receive a payment and to allocate the State payment must be
transmitted by the Governor's office or other appropriate executive office of the state such
as State Treasurer, on behalf of the Governor. The Forest Service will not accept an election
directly from a county or from any non-governmental organization acting on behalf of a
county.
• Election to Receive Payment
The State must transmit,for each county in which a national forest is situated, the county's election to receive
a share of the Secure Rural Schools Act State payment or a share of the State's 25-percent payment based on
the 7-year rolling average annual receipts. The State may use this form to transmit county elections to the
Forest Service. If the State fails to transmit a county's election by the deadline of August 1, 2023 (midnight,
mountain time), the county will be considered to have elected to receive a share of the State payment.
To assist States and counties in making an informed decision between the Secure Rural Schools Act and the
1908 Act Amended payment methods the Forest Service has created a worksheet with estimated payment
amounts under both methods. These estimated State Payments are calculated using the formula described in
the Act and the currently available data for historic payments, acreage, per capita personal income and
assumes all affected counties will elect to receive a share of the State payment. The actual county shares of
the State payment will be calculated only for counties that elect to receive a share of the State payment or the
county payment (for BLM lands in western Oregon) and will be calculated using the updated acreage and per
capital personal income amounts available in the fall of FY2023.
Election to Allocate the State Payment
Each county that elects to receive a share of the State payment must make an additional election to allocate
the State payment. The guidelines for making the allocation vary depending on the amount of the county
share of the State payment.
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• $100,000 or less. (Minor distribution)An eligible county that elects to receive a share of the State
payment that is$100,000 or less(a minor distribution) may elect to use 100-percent of its share for
public roads and schools under Title I. A county that elects to receive a minor distribution must
make an affirmative election to use the 100-percent of its share for Title I purposes. In the
alternative,the county may opt to allocate 15-percent to 20-percent of its share to Title II,Title III , or
a combination of both. The total percentage allocated to Title II and Title III combined must be no
less than 15-percent and no greater than 20-percent. The county also may opt to return its
allocation, in whole or part, to the Federal Government.
• $100,001 to $349,999 (Moderate distribution) If the county share of the State payment is more
than $100,000 but less than $350,000, the county must allocate 15-percent to 20- percent of its
share to Title II,Title III, or a combination of both. The total percentage allocated to Title II and/or
Title III must be no less than 15-percent and no greater than 20-percent. The county also may opt
to return its allocation, in whole or part, to the Federal Government.
• $350,000 or greater(Major distribution) If the county share of the State payment is$350,000 or
greater, the county must allocate 15-percent to 20-percent of its share to Title II, Title III, or a
combination of both, except that the allocation for Title III projects may not exceed 7-percent. The
total percentage allocated to Title II and Title III combined must be no less than 15-percent and no
greater than 20-percent. The county also may opt to return its allocation, in whole or part, to the
Federal Government.
To provide maximum flexibility, projects funded under Title II must be initiated (reviewed and recommended
by a resource advisory committee) by September 30, 2025, and Title II funds must be obligated by September
30, 2026. In addition, projects funded under Title III must be initiated by September 30, 2025, and Title III
funds must be obligated by September 30, 2026.
An eligible county that fails to elect to allocate its share of the State payment shall be considered to have
elected to expend 80-percent of the share for public schools and roads. The remaining 20-percent will be
available to the Forest Service to carry out projects in the eligible county to further the purposes of Title II.
Instructions for transmitting county elections.
In the following table, each state and county name are already populated to assist in the preparation of the
form.
Enter an X in Column B for each county that elects to receive a share of the State's 25-percent payment(the 7-
year rolling average of national forest receipts). Enter an X in Column C for each county that elects to receive
a share of the Secure Rural Schools Act State payment.
For each county that elects to receive a share of the Secure Rural Schools Act State payment, refer to the
allocation guidelines above and then enter a numerical percentage to indicate the county's allocation of its
share of the State payment:
• Column D, enter the percent of county share of State payment to be allocated to public schools and
roads;
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• Column E, enter the percent of county share of State payment to be allocated to title II, Special
Projects on national forests;
• Column F, enter the percent of county share of State payment to be allocated to title III, County Funds
for uses authorized under title Ill;
• Column G, enter the percent of county share of State payment to be returned to the U.S. Treasury, if
any:
Election to Receive Allocation of the Secure Rural Schools Act
Payment State Payment
State Name: 25- Secure Percent Percent Percent Percent to Total of
Washington percent of Rural for Public for Title II, for Title Return to Column
7-year Schools Schools& Special Ill, U.S. D, E, F,
rolling Act State Roads Projects County Treasury G
average payment (Title I) Funds
receipts
For each county enterX For each county with an X in Column C, enter a
County Name in one of the columns percentage(number)in the columns below, not
below to exceed 100 total
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G Total
Asotin (003) 0
Chelan (007) 0
Clallam (009) 0
Clark (011) 0
Columbia (013) 0
Cowlitz(015) 0
Douglas (017) 0
Ferry (019) 0
Garfield (023) 0
Grays Harbor(027) 0
Jefferson (031) 0
King (033) 0
Kittitas(037) 0
Klickitat(039) 0
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Election to Receive Allocation of the Secure Rural Schools Act
Payment
State Payment
State Name: 25- Secure Percent Percent Percent Percent to Total of
percent of Rural for Public for Title II, for Title Return to Column
Washington 7-year Schools Schools& Special Ill, U.S. D, E, F,
rolling Act State Roads Projects County Treasury G
average payment (Title I) Funds
receipts
For each county enterX For each county with an X in Column C, enter a
County Name in one of the columns percentage(number)in the columns below, not
below to exceed 100 total
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G Total
Lewis (041) 0
Mason (045) 0
Okanogan (047) 0
Pend Oreille(051) 0
Pierce(053) 0
Skagit(057) 0
Skamania(059) 0
Snohomish (061) 0
Stevens (065) 0
Thurston (067) 0
Walla Walla (071) 0
•
Whatcom (073) 0
•
Yakima(077) 0
*** Please refer to page 4 for signature requirements ***
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**Required Contact Information**
Preparer's name and title: Preparer's mailing address:
Preparer's phone number:
Preparer's email:
Preparer Signature:
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Commissioners Meeting Minutes of July 17, 2023
Chair Brotherton opened the floor to allow for public comments, and one comment was received. The
Board continued discussions and reviewed a chart of previous years' allocations.
After discussion, Commissioner Eisenhour moved to continue with the allocation percentages for Secure
Rural Schools, which the County last confirmed in 2022, which is 85%to Title I, 13%to Title II, and
2%to Title III, and that the County also elect to take the actual amount received each year versus the 7-
year rolling average, and further authorize the County Treasurer to sign the report—which is due to the
state by July 20, 2023. Commissioner Dean seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote.
The meeting was recessed at 11:59 a.m. and reconvened at 1:31 p.m.with all three
Commissioners present.
DISCUSSION re: Regional Organization for Recompete Grant Application: Clallam
County Commissioners Mark Ozias (Chair), Randy Johnson, and Mike French were present for
discussion along with Clallam County staff members, Jefferson Economic Development Council (EDC)
Team Jefferson Executive Director Cindy Brooks, Clallam EDC Executive Director Colleen McAleer,
and North Olympic Development Council (NODC) Executive Director Karen Affeld. Various staff
members from each agency were also in attendance and participated in discussion.
Commissioner Dean provided an introduction and explained the purpose of the meeting. As part of the
Chips and Science Act, Congress approved a new grant program, called Recompete, to fund rural and
economically distressed communities to plan for and implement programs that will increase
participation in the workforce by prime-age employees, aged 25-54.
Clallam and Jefferson County EDC Directors provided a presentation on their proposal for a Natural
Resources Innovations Center, which they believe has some overlapping goals in common that would
benefit workforce housing.
After further discussion, both the Jefferson and Clallam County Commissioners agreed to form a
Regional Recompete Task Force which will consist of one Commissioner from each Board, Tribal
partner(s), Jefferson and Clallam EDC members, and the North Olympic Development Council.
Commissioner Dean asked NODC Director Affeld if they would convene the first meeting of the task
force, and she agreed.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: Appointing a Commissioner to the newly forming
Regional Recompete Task Force re: Recompete Grant: Commissioner Dean moved to appoint
Commissioner Brotherton to the Regional Recompete Task Force. Commissioner Eisenhour seconded
the motion. Chair Brotherton called for public comment, and one comment was received. Chair
Brotherton called for a vote on the motion. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.
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Julie Shannon
From: Stacie Prada
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 9:39 AM
To: Julie Shannon
Cc: Carolyn Gallaway
Subject: RE: MOTION approved re: Secure Rural School (SRS) Monies
Attachments: RE: REMINDER - Forest Service FY 2023 Election Form
Thanks,Julie! I completed the form as requested, forwarded it to the State Treasurer's Office, and copied Mark. See
attached.
I think this should complete the issue, but please let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks!
Stacie Prada
Jefferson County Treasurer ( PO Box 571 I Port Townsend, WA 98368 I (360) 385-9154 I www.co.jefferson.wa.us
From:Julie Shannon <JShannon@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Sent:Tuesday,July 18, 2023 5:02 PM
To: Stacie Prada <SPrada@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Cc: Carolyn Gallaway<carolyn@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Subject: MOTION approved re: Secure Rural School (SRS) Monies
Importance: High
Hi Stacie, Please see the attached from yesterday's BoCC Meeting re: DISCUSSION and POTENTIAL ACTION re: County
Distribution Percentages and Payment Method for Secure Rural School (SRS) Monies
Please direct us if further action is needed & Carolyn's minutes stating July 20th is the deadline to the State/Governor's
Office?
Let us know if we can assist.
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Julie Shannon, Executive Secretary II
ishannon@co.iefferson.wa.us
Jefferson County Commissioners Office
o - 360.385.9100\d -360.385.9384
webpage: https://www.co.iefferson.wa.us/
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Julie Shannon
From: Stacie Prada
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2023 12:17 PM
To: Morris, Nancy (TRE)
Cc: treasurerstaff; Mark McCauley
Subject: RE: REMINDER - Forest Service FY 2023 Election Form
Attachments: Washington Election Form (004)_2023-07-17_JeffCoWA.pdf
Good afternoon, Nancy,
Please see attached for Jefferson County's election form for SRS funds. Please contact me with any questions.
Many thanks!
Stacie Prada
Jefferson County Treasurer I PO Box 571 I Port Townsend, WA 98368 I (360) 385-9154 I www.co.jefferson,wa.us
From: Morris, Nancy (TRE) <Nancy.Morris@tre.wa.gov>
Sent:Tuesday,July 11, 2023 1:13 PM
To: treasurerdept@cowlitzwa.gov; treasurerstaff<treasurerstaff@co.jefferson.wa.us>; arif.kanji@co.snohomish.wa.us
Subject: FW: REMINDER- Forest Service FY 2023 Election Form
Importance: High
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Please see below.
From: Morris, Nancy (TRE)
Sent:Tuesday,July 11, 2023 1:07 PM
To: DOR Walla Walla County REET 2 <Istober@co.walla-walla.wa.us>
Subject: FW: REMINDER- Forest Service FY 2023 Election Form
Importance: High
Please see below.
From: Morris, Nancy (TRE)
Sent:Tuesday,July 11, 2023 1:01 PM
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<GardnerD@cowlitzwa.gov>; DOR Douglas County Treasurer<frosales@co.douglas.wa.us>; DOR Garfield County
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Subject: REMINDER- Forest Service FY 2023 Election Form
Importance: High
Please see due dates below for submitting the forms.
Thank you.
From: Morris, Nancy (TRE)
Sent:Thursday,June 22, 2023 12:56 PM
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Sara.Lowe@clark.wa.gov; DOR Columbia County Treasurer<Carla Rowe@co.columbia.wa.us>; DOR Cowlitz County
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Revenue Distribution 2 Mailbox<Revenue.Distribution@tre.wa.gov>
Subject: Forest Service FY 2023 Election Form
Importance: High
Greetings,
To prepare for the fiscal year 2023 ( payment year 2022) payments to the states
under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act counties
have options to select payment based on the Secure Rural Schools Act or a share
of the State's 24-percent payment based on the 7-year rolling average annual
receipts.
Attachment 1 is to be completed by selecting payment method: due July 20th.
Attachment 2 is to give you an estimate of what your payment would be if you
pick the 7-year rolling average or SRS option.
Title allocation: can be submitted at the same time on July 20th or at the latest by
Sept. 22nd.
2
Please email the completed form to revenue.distribution@tre.wa.gov. Once we
have gathered information from all of the counties, we will then forward it on to
the US Forest Service. Do not submit directly to the US Forest Service.
For more information or questions:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/working-with-us/secure-rural-schools/act
Albuquerque Service Center (ASC) via email at SM.FS.asc asr@usda.gov
ASC Contact Center at (877) 372-7248, Option 1.
Thank you,
Nancy Morris I Revenue Distribution Manager
Office of State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti
� � I4 nancy.morris@tre.wa.gov I Office: 360-902-8961
www.tre.wa.gov I l/ Ei 0
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FY 2023 Forest Service Payment to States, Public Law 117-58
Election to Receive Payment
Election to Allocate the State Payment
By August 1, 2023 (midnight, mountain time), please complete and return all pages of this
form to the U.S. Forest Service, Albuquerque Service Center, All Service Receipts (ASR)
Section.
By email: sm.fs.asc_asr@usda.gov
By fax: (877) 684-1422, ATTN: ASR
A county’s election to receive a payment and to allocate the State payment must be
transmitted by the Governor’sofficeorother appropriate executiveofficeof the state such
as State Treasurer, on behalf of the Governor. The Forest Service will not accept an election
directly from a county or from any non-governmental organization acting on behalf of a
county.
Election to Receive Payment
The State must transmit, for each county in which a national forest is situated, the county’s election to receive
a share of the Secure Rural Schools Act State payment or a share of the State’s 25-percent payment based on
the 7-year rolling average annual receipts. The State may use this form to transmit county elections to the
Forest Service. If the State fails to transmit a county’s election by the deadline of August 1, 2023 (midnight,
mountain time), the county will be considered to have elected to receive a share of the State payment.
To assist States and counties in making an informed decision between the Secure Rural Schools Act and the
1908 Act Amended payment methods the Forest Service has created a worksheet with estimated payment
amounts under both methods. These estimated State Payments are calculated using the formula described in
the Act and the currently available data for historic payments, acreage, per capita personal income and
assumes all affected counties will elect to receive a share of the State payment. The actual county shares of
the State payment will be calculated only for counties that elect to receive a share of the State payment or the
county payment (for BLM lands in western Oregon) and will be calculated using the updated acreage and per
capital personal income amounts available in the fall of FY2023.
Election to Allocate the State Payment
Each county that elects to receive a share of the State payment must make an additional election to allocate
the State payment. The guidelines for making the allocation vary depending on the amount of the county
share of the State payment.
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$100,000 or less. (Minor distribution) An eligible county that elects to receive a share of the State
payment that is $100,000 or less (a minor distribution) may elect to use 100-percent of its share for
public roads and schools under Title I. A county that elects to receive a minor distribution must
make an affirmative election to use the 100-percent of its share for Title I purposes. In the
alternative, the county may opt to allocate 15-percent to20-percent of its share to Title II, Title III , or
a combination of both. The total percentage allocated to Title II and Title III combined must be no
less than 15-percent and no greater than 20-percent. The county also may opt to return its
allocation, in whole or part, to the Federal Government.
$100,001 to $349,999 (Moderate distribution) If the county share of the State payment is more
than $100,000 but less than $350,000, the county must allocate 15-percent to 20- percent of its
share to Title II, Title III, or a combination of both. The total percentage allocated to Title II and/or
Title III must be no less than 15-percent and no greater than 20-percent. The county also may opt
to return its allocation, in whole or part, to the Federal Government.
$350,000 or greater (Major distribution) If the county share of the State payment is$350,000 or
greater, the county must allocate 15-percent to 20-percent of its share to Title II, Title III, or a
combinationofboth,exceptthattheallocationforTitleIIIprojectsmaynotexceed7-percent.The
totalpercentageallocatedtoTitleIIandTitleIIIcombinedmustbenolessthan15-percentandno
greater than 20-percent. The county also may opt to return its allocation, in whole or part, to the
Federal Government.
To provide maximum flexibility, projects funded under Title II must be initiated (reviewed and recommended
bya resource advisory committee)by September 30, 2025, and Title II funds must be obligated by September
30, 2026. In addition, projects funded under Title III must be initiated by September 30, 2025, and Title III
funds must be obligated by September 30, 2026.
An eligible county that fails to elect to allocate its share of the State payment shall be considered to have
elected to expend 80-percent of the share for public schools and roads. The remaining 20-percent will be
available to the Forest Service to carry out projects in the eligible county to further the purposes of Title II.
Instructions for transmitting county elections.
In thefollowingtable, each stateand county name are already populated to assist in the preparation of the
form.
EnteranX in Column B for each county that electsto receive a share of the State’s 25-percent payment (the 7-
year rolling average of national forest receipts). Enter an X in Column C for each county that elects to receive
a share of the Secure Rural Schools Act State payment.
For each county that elects to receive a share of the Secure Rural Schools Act State payment, refer to the
allocation guidelines above and then enter a numerical percentage to indicate the county’s allocation of its
share of the State payment:
Column D, enter the percent of county share of State payment to be allocated to public schools and
roads;
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Column E, enter the percent of county share of State payment to be allocated to title II, Special
Projects on national forests;
Column F, enter the percent of county share of State payment to be allocated to title III, County Funds
for uses authorized under title III;
Column G, enter the percent of county share of State payment to be returned to the U.S. Treasury, if
any:
Election to Receive Allocation of the Secure Rural Schools Act
Payment
State Payment
25- Secure Percent Percent Percent Percent to Total of
State Name:
percent of Rural for Public for Title II, for Title Return to Column
Washington
7-year Schools Schools & Special III,U.S. D, E, F,
rolling Act State Roads Projects G
County Treasury
average payment (Title I)
Funds
receipts
For eachcountyenter X For each county with an X in Column C, enter a
CountyName in one of the columns percentage (number) in the columns below, not
below to exceed 100 total
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G Total
Asotin (003)
1
Chelan (007)
1
Clallam (009)
1
Clark (011)
1
Columbia (013)
1
Cowlitz (015)
1
Douglas (017)
1
Ferry (019)
1
Garfield (023)
1
Grays Harbor (027)
1
Jefferson (031)
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King (033)
1
Kittitas (037)
1
Klickitat (039)
1
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Election to Receive Allocation of the Secure Rural Schools Act
Payment
State Payment
25- Secure Percent Percent Percent Percent to Total of
State Name:
percent of Rural for Public for Title II, for Title Return to Column
7-year Schools Schools & Special III,U.S. D, E, F,
Washington
rolling Act State Roads Projects County G
Treasury
average payment (Title I) Funds
receipts
For eachcountyenter X For each county with an X in Column C, enter a
CountyName in one of the columns percentage (number) in the columns below, not
below to exceed 100 total
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G Total
Lewis (041)
1
Mason (045)
1
Okanogan (047)
1
Pend Oreille (051)
1
Pierce (053)
1
Skagit (057)
1
Skamania (059)
1
Snohomish (061)
1
Stevens (065)
1
Thurston (067)
1
Walla Walla (071)
1
Whatcom (073)
1
Yakima (077)
1
*** Please refer to page 4 for signature requirements ***
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**Required Contact Information**
Preparer’s name and title: Preparer’s mailing address:
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Preparer’s phone number:
471.496.:265
Preparer’s email:
Preparer Signature:
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