Amherst Independent School District

Amherst Independent School District, doing business as Amherst Independent School, is a U.S. local government entity and school district that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, supplemented by sub-recipient awards distributed through the Texas Education Agency. The district does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively within the federal grant ecosystem, with no SBA designations or commercial set-asides applicable to its structure.

Amherst ISD's federal footprint consists entirely of K–12 education funding under two federal grant programs. As a prime recipient, the district holds recurring annual awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA 84.358), with formula grants awarded on July 1 each year; the most recent prime award (July 1, 2026) runs through September 30, 2027. As a sub-recipient, Amherst ISD receives Title I, Part A funding distributed by the Texas Education Agency under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Title I, Part A sub-awards provide supplemental resources to schools with high concentrations of low-income students to support achievement of state academic and performance standards. Sub-awards flow to the district on a rolling basis — the source records ten Title I sub-awards between August 2022 and August 2026, with the most recent dated August 15, 2026.

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is the sole funding agency across all 32 federal awards in the source data (32 awards, 100% coverage by award count). Prime awards account for 59% of the total (19 awards), and sub-awards for 41% (13 awards). Combined dollars obligated across all awards stands at $1.4 million. Activity has remained flat over the past five years at three awards annually (2022–2025), with two awards recorded for 2026. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district's federal engagement is consistent and stable, characteristic of a small rural school system's recurring participation in formula-driven federal education grants rather than competitive procurement or managed contracting.