Berlin Public Schools

Berlin Public Schools, a U.S. government entity and New Hampshire school district, operates as a federal grant sub-recipient—not a prime contractor or vendor—and receives subawards for K–12 education programs, career and technical education, facilities improvements, and student support services through the Department of Education New Hampshire and the Executive Office of the State of New Hampshire. The district competes for and administers federal education funding routed through state intermediaries, primarily under Department of Education programs including Title I (elementary and secondary education funding), Title II (educator professional development), Title IV Part A (student support and academic enrichment), Title IV Part B (21st Century Community Learning Centers after-school programming), IDEA Part B (special education), Perkins V (career and technical education), and Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities grants; a secondary energy-efficiency subaward comes through the Department of Energy via New Hampshire's Executive Office.

Berlin Public Schools' federal footprint is concentrated almost entirely within Department of Education channels. Ten of thirteen recent subawards (77% coverage) flow from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education through the Department of Education New Hampshire as the state pass-through intermediary. The remaining three subawards originate from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Representative recent work includes Title IV Part B 21st Century Community Learning Centers subawards for both Berlin Elementary School and Berlin Middle School (summer and school-year programming, awarded July–August 2025), a Title I Part A fiscal year 2026 subaward for core elementary and secondary education funding (July 2025), an IDEA Part B Section 611 special education allocation subaward (August 2025), a Perkins V Career and Technical Education improvement subaward for the Berlin Regional Career & Technical Center (March 2026), and a Department of Energy SEED Program subaward for LED interior lighting replacement and advanced wireless controls to reduce school energy consumption (May 2026).

Combined dollars obligated across all thirteen subawards total $2.4 million, with nine subawards obligated in 2025 and four in 2026. As a local school district receiving subawards from state education and executive agencies rather than holding prime federal contracts or seats on government-wide vehicles, Berlin Public Schools does not function as a vendor to other federal contractors and cannot subcontract federal work downstream. The district's federal role is limited to administering categorical education programs and facility improvements for its student population and staff.