Alma School District 2

Alma School District 2 (doing business as Alma School), a rural K-12 public school district in Alma, Nebraska, receives federal education funding as a grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, serving approximately 285 students across Harlan County. The district operates as a U.S. government entity and local public school district rather than as a federal contractor; it receives federal funding primarily as a direct prime recipient of federal education grants (54% of its 74 recent awards) and as a sub-recipient of pass-through funding from the Nebraska Department of Education (46% of awards).

Alma School's federal footprint centers on two core education support programs. The district is a recurring recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grant awards spanning July 2022 through July 2026) and the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7002 (project grant awards dating from March 2022 through October 2025). The most recent direct award is a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant dated July 1, 2026, with completion on September 30, 2027. The largest dollar-valued direct award is an Impact Aid Section 7002 project grant dated October 1, 2025, obligating $157,499 through September 30, 2031. Impact Aid addresses the educational cost burden created by federally connected students—those living on or whose parents are employed on federal property or are active-duty uniformed services members. The Section 7002 assistance specifically targets districts where the Federal Government has acquired 10 percent or more of assessed real property valuation since 1938 and the district receives insufficient revenue from activities on eligible federal property.

Customer concentration is singular within the education space. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for all 46 prime and direct grant awards (62% of the district's 74 total awards). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service places 26 awards—substantially all sub-recipient pass-through funding routed through the Nebraska Department of Education for child nutrition programs (Child Nutrition Program block grants and related allocations). The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 2 awards. Sub-recipient work flows exclusively through the Nebraska Department of Education, which distributes Title I grants to local education agencies, state grants, IDEA special education funding, and child nutrition block allocations to the district.

Activity has grown from 2 awards in 2022 to a peak of 16 in 2024, then moderated to 12 in 2025 and 6 in 2026 through mid-year. Over the past five years, the district has obligated $4.6 million in combined federal education funding. Only one award (combined potential value not specified) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a low recompete cliff and stable, ongoing funding from education and nutrition programs. The district's operational model depends entirely on education formula grants and pass-through allocations from the Nebraska Department of Education rather than on federal procurement vehicles or contracts; this structure is typical of rural school districts relying on federal education equity and rural support programs rather than federal contracting.