Impact aid program, title VII, section 7002

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Supt West Side Schools, an Arkansas local educational agency, $472,174 under the Impact Aid program (CFDA 84.041) on October 1, 2025. The award funds general K–12 educational services in an area where the local tax base has been adversely affected by federal land acquisition. Supt West Side Schools serves students including Native American and military-connected children in Higden, Arkansas. The award obligates $472,174 for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2031. Impact Aid provides financial assistance to school districts where the presence of federally connected children or federal property reduces local property tax revenue available for education. Eligibility generally requires that an aggregate of ten percent or more of assessed valuation of real property in the district has been acquired by the federal government since 1938, or that at least three percent or 400 eligible federally connected children in average daily attendance live on or have parents working on federal property or active duty in the uniformed services. Payments are computed on a statutory formula and prorated if appropriations prove insufficient.