The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Russell County Board of Education $263,992 under the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7002, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2031.
Russell County Schools, serving Jamestown and Russell County, Kentucky, receives Impact Aid funding to compensate for reduced local tax revenue resulting from federal property acquisition within its service area. The program replaces lost local education funding that would otherwise support general instruction, special education, English language learning programs, and essential operational expenses.
The award obligates $263,992 over the six-year performance period, with place of performance in Jamestown, Kentucky. Impact Aid provides financial assistance to school districts where the federal government has acquired an aggregate of 10 percent or more of the assessed valuation of all real property since 1938 and the district is not being substantially compensated by revenue from activities on eligible federal property. Russell County Schools has received consistent federal grant support through this program; the district secured five Project Grant awards under Section 7002 between February 2022 and October 2025, with the prior award issued October 1, 2025, for $248,389 extending through September 30, 2030.