2026-2027 eScholar Support Resources
ANNOUNCEMENTS: (updated
9/11/2026 4:00 pm)
DIRECT MATCH:
The August SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid statewide batches will be available
soon in eScholar DirectMatch.
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Program Type |
Public Batch
# |
Non-Public
Batch # |
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SNAP |
14495 |
14506 |
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TANF |
14489 |
14505 |
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Medicaid Free Lunch |
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Medicaid Reduced Lunch |
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Medicaid All |
Districts should download the DM-Index files for SNAP, TANF, Medicaid Free
Lunch and Medicaid Reduced Lunch and load those files into their food service
system and/or local SIS.
2026-2027 eScholar PersonID/DirectMatch
o
Submit
expected student enrollment to eScholar PersonID
for the 2026-2027 school year (ESSY
= 2027)
o
Submit
new students to eScholar PersonID
throughout the school year
o
Run
DirectMatch (SNAP, TANF, Medicaid
Free Lunch, Medicaid Reduced Lunch) to determine the student’s lunch status
o
Email
[email protected] if you need accounts created/disabled.
eScholar StaffID:
●
Districts
must submit their current Staff for the 2026-2027 school year (ESSY = 2027).
●
All
staff who need EdLink360, EdLinkOps, LEP, eSER, etc. access must be submitted to eScholar
StaffID for the 2026-2027 school with their MyLA username (stateuserid).
●
New
eScholar StaffID users
should request the accounts from their security coordinator or email [email protected]
What is eScholar PersonID?
The eScholar Uniq-ID system is used to assign and maintain unique
statewide student identifiers commonly referred to as LASID which are assigned
for students in early-childhood, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary,
and secondary schools. Data collected includes demographic data for students
including address information for some students enrolled in charter schools.
Public and charter schools’ students are assigned a public LASID, while early
childhood and non-public students are assigned early childhood IDs and
non-publics IDs respectively.
What is eScholar DirectMatch?
The
eScholar DirectMatch system is used
to match student enrollment data against data from proxy systems (SNAP, TANF,
DSNAP, Foster Care, Medicaid-Free, Medicaid-Reduced, etc.) to determine
eligibility for free lunch and to identify students who are considered
economically disadvantaged. DirectMatch also houses the Community Eligibility
Provision (CEP) which calculates the Identified Student Percentage (ISP) to
determine the school system’s eligibility to participate or continue
participation in the CEP program.
What is eScholar StaffID?
The eScholar StaffID system
is used to assign and maintain unique statewide staff identifiers commonly
referred to as StaffID. The StaffID
application works in the same way as PersonID. Users
who are familiar with PersonID will be able to apply
their knowledge when using StaffID.
For assistance email:
[email protected]
Monthly Program Type Update Schedule
The
monthly program type (SNAP, TANF, DSNAP, Medicaid-Free and Medicaid Reduced)
files are expected to be loaded to DirectMatch by the dates in the table below.
·
A
notice will be posted on the Announcement section of this eScholar Support page
when the files have been loaded to DirectMatch.
·
LDOE
will send an email to all DirectMatch users about the program type files
availability for matching.
·
Districts
will run their own matches in July and August; *LDOE will run the statewide
matches from September – June.
·
A
notice will also be sent through the CNP system. To register for this
communications, please see the instructions: CNP
Registration for SNAP Update Notifications.
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Program
Types Direct Certification Data as of
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Projected Availability Dates |
ACTUAL
Date file was available in DirectMatch |
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SNAP |
TANF |
Medicaid-Free |
Medicaid-Reduced |
Medicaid
All |
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6/30/2026 |
07/31/2026 |
07/22/2026 |
08/14/2026 |
07/29/2026 |
07/29/2026 |
07/29/2026 |
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7/31/2026 |
08/04/2026 –
08/15/2026 |
08/7/2026 |
08/24/2026 |
08/14/2026 |
08/14/2026 |
08/14/2026 |
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8/31/2026 |
09/05/2026 –
09/12/2026* |
09/09/2026 |
09/09/2026 |
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9/30/2026 |
10/03/2026 –
10/10/2026* |
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10/31/2026 |
11/07/2026 –
11/14/2026* |
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11/30/2026 |
12/05/2026 – 12/12/2026* |
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12/31/2026 |
01/05/2027 –
01/16/2027* |
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01/31/2027 |
02/06/2027 –
02/13/2027* |
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02/28/2027 |
03/06/2027 –
03/13/2027* |
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03/31/2027 |
04/03/2027 –
04/10/2027* |
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04/30/2027 |
05/04/2027 –
05/15/2027* |
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05/31/2027 |
06/05/2027 –
06/12/2027* |
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Training
Materials
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Date |
Slide
Deck |
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July 23, 2026 |
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August 6, 2026 |
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August 20, 2026 |
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September 3, 2026 |
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September 17, 2026 |
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October 1, 2026 |
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October 15, 2026 |
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October 29, 2026 |
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November 12, 2026 |
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December 3, 2026 |
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December 17,2026 |
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January 7, 2027 |
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January 21, 2027 |
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February 4, 2027 |
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February 18, 2027 |
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March 4, 2027 |
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March 18, 2027 |
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April 1, 2027 |
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April 15, 2027 |
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April 29, 2027 |
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May 13, 2027 |
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May 27, 2027 |
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June 10, 2027 |
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June 24, 2027 |
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July 8, 2027 |
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July 22, 2027 |
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Date |
Slide Deck |
Recording |
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July 27, 2023 |
eScholar PersonID Training (request access from
[email protected]) |
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Security
Coordinators User Management |
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eScholar DirectMatch Training Slide and
Recordings
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Date |
Slide Deck |
Recording |
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August 20,
2021 |
eScholar
DirectMatch Training (request access from [email protected]) |
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Security
Coordinators User Management |
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Data Managers |
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eScholar StaffID
Training Slide and Recordings
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Date |
Slide Deck |
Recording |
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August 20,
2020 |
eScholar StaffID Training |
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July 30, 2026 |
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