Big Sandy ISD

Big Sandy ISD, a rural Texas school district operating as a U.S. local government entity, receives federal educational funding and school safety grants as a recipient (14% of recent awards as prime recipient) and more commonly as a sub-recipient of pass-through grants from the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Department of Agriculture (86% of recent awards).

Big Sandy ISD's federal footprint concentrates heavily on K–12 education funding and rural school achievement. As a prime recipient, the district has received a $355,112 Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program School Violence Prevention Program grant (CFDA 16.071) awarded October 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2028, to implement evidence-based school safety programs, coordinate with local law enforcement, deploy metal detectors and emergency notification technology, and conduct officer training to prevent student violence at schools in Big Sandy, Texas. The district also holds a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (awarded July 1, 2026, completing September 30, 2027) and a Rural Utilities Service distance learning grant (awarded September 11, 2024, completing September 11, 2026). A fourth prime award, another Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, completed in September 2023.

As a sub-recipient, Big Sandy ISD receives the vast majority of its federal support through pass-through grants from the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Department of Agriculture. The Texas Education Agency channels Title I, Part A (Every Student Succeeds Act) supplemental education funding for low-income students, Title II, Part A (Supporting Effective Instruction) grants for teacher and principal quality improvement, and ESSER II pandemic-response funding through the district. The Texas Department of Agriculture distributes National School Lunch Program equipment grants and Local Food Supply grants. The district has received 21 sub-awards from the Department of Education office, 4 from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, 1 from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, 1 from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service, and 1 from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program, accounting for 100% of recent awards across five distinct federal customer agencies.

Activity has been volatile: three awards in 2022, four in 2023, ten in 2024, then three each in 2025 and 2026. Combined obligated dollars across all prime and sub awards total $5.2 million. Two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months.