Impact aid program, title VII, section 7003

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Okemah School District 26 $369,911 under the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003, effective October 1, 2025. The award runs through September 30, 2031 and supports educational services for federally connected children in Okemah, Oklahoma. Okemah School District 26 serves students in rural Okemah through comprehensive K–12 educational programming with emphasis on students from Native American reservations and families with parents in uniformed services. The Impact Aid Program provides financial assistance to school districts where the presence of eligible federally connected children creates a financial burden on local educational agencies, replacing lost local revenue that would otherwise be available to fund education. Eligibility under Section 7003 requires that 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 who works on Federal property or is on active duty in the uniformed services. Payments are computed on the basis of the statutory formula and made annually to eligible local educational agencies.