Impact aid program, title VII, section 7003

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded $178,668 to Zion School on October 1, 2025, under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7003). The award runs through September 30, 2031, and supports Zion Public School's operations in Stilwell, Oklahoma, a rural local educational agency serving kindergarten through twelfth-grade students, including Native American and federally connected populations. The Impact Aid program provides financial assistance to school districts where federal property exemptions reduce the local tax base available for education funding or where a threshold of federally connected children (those living or working on federal property or with parents in active military service) creates educational burden. Zion School qualifies under Section 7003, which serves 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, work on federal property, or have a parent on active duty in the uniformed services. The funding supports comprehensive K-12 educational services including general instruction, special education, English language learning, career and technical education, and technology integration.