Big Sandy School District 100-J

Big Sandy School District 100-J, a U.S. local government school district located in Simla, Colorado, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient under elementary and secondary education, food and nutrition, and rural utilities programs—not as a federal contractor. The district does not hold federal contracts or IDVs; all 65 awards in its recent federal footprint are grants, with 72% received as sub-awards flowing from state and federal agency prime grantees.

The district's grant portfolio concentrates heavily on two federal funding sources. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 35 of the 62 awards tracked across the top three customer agencies (95% of all awards), funding the Small, Rural School Achievement Program as a formula grant on an annual basis (awards issued July 1, 2022 through July 1, 2026, with completion dates ranging September 2023 through September 2027). The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service supplies 26 awards, primarily Nutrition Block sub-grants flowing through the Board of Education Colorado as prime grantee; these nutrition awards represent monthly distributions across school years 2324, 2425, and 2526, along with Title II, Title IA, Title IV, Summer EBT, and ESSER III funding. The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service issued one telemedicine grant (awarded August 26, 2025, completion August 26, 2027). Combined dollars obligated across all sixty-five awards total $1.5 million.

Big Sandy School District's work as a sub-recipient focuses on K-12 instructional support, staff compensation, supplies and materials, nutrition services, and student engagement programs. Representative sub-grants include Nutrition Block 2526 allocations (monthly, 2026), Title II professional development funding (awarded December 2025 and January 2026), and an ESSER III Rapid Request sub-grant (July 2024) for pandemic recovery. The district also served as fiscal agent on Colorado Executive Office grants to Simla Elementary School and Simla Junior High School (awarded December 2023) supporting science events, staff stipends, and student reenengagement activities.

Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to seventeen in both 2024 and 2025, with twelve in 2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, reflecting the annual and recurring nature of the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the distributed nutrition block funding cycle. The district operates predominantly under pass-through funding from state boards of education and federal agencies rather than through competitive procurement vehicles.