Project Grant S041B262823

Box Elder School District #13-G received a $2.82 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2031. The Impact Aid Program provides financial assistance to local educational agencies adversely affected by federal activities, particularly school districts with significant federal land presence or Native American reservations that reduce the local tax base. Under Section 7003 of Title VII of the Impact Aid Program, Box Elder Public Schools qualifies for support based on the presence of federally connected children living on or near federal and Indian lands in the Box Elder, Montana region.

The funding supports comprehensive K-12 educational services delivery for this rural school district serving a significant Native American student population. Grant resources enable the district to maintain general instruction, special education, English language learning, school nutrition, career and technical education, teacher training, and technology integration programs that would otherwise be constrained by the reduced local tax base resulting from federal land acquisition in the region. This award continues the district's consistent receipt of federal education funding necessary to sustain educational quality in a financially challenged rural environment.