Impact aid program, title VII, section 7002

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded $201,103 to Andes Central School District on October 1, 2025, under the Impact Aid program (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7002), a Project Grant supporting educational services to students in federally connected communities.

Andes Central School District serves Lake Andes, South Dakota, and educates children living on or near federal property and Indian lands whose families' presence reduces the local tax base available to fund schools. The award funds general educational operations and programming for the district serving a community significantly impacted by federal activities. Performance occurs in Lake Andes, South Dakota, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2031. The Impact Aid program provides financial assistance to school districts where the federal acquisition of real property or the presence of federally connected children (including those on Indian lands or with parents in active military service) reduces local property tax revenue, denying LEAs access to their primary funding source. Section 7002 assistance applies to districts where the federal government has acquired 10 percent or more of assessed property valuation since 1938 and the district receives insufficient revenue compensation from activities on eligible federal property.