Impact aid program, title VII, section 7003

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Cave Springs School, located in Bunch, Oklahoma, $1,233,501 on October 1, 2025, under the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041). The award runs through September 30, 2031.

Section 7003 of Impact Aid provides financial assistance to school districts where at least three percent or 400 of the total number of eligible federally connected children in average daily attendance live on Federal property, including Indian lands, or have a parent employed on Federal property or on active duty in the uniformed services. The program helps replace lost local revenue that would otherwise finance education, since property exempt from local property taxes denies LEAs access to the primary source of revenue used by most communities.

Cave Springs Public School, serving a rural school district in Oklahoma with a notable emphasis on serving students from Native American backgrounds, uses Impact Aid funding to support comprehensive K-12 educational services and instructional programming. The school district has received multiple targeted federal educational grants focusing on general instruction, special education, English language learning, school nutrition, career and technical education, teacher training, and technology integration.

Payments under Impact Aid are computed on the basis of the statutory formula and made annually to eligible LEAs. The school must retain records supporting its payment amount for three years after the last payment for each fiscal year.