Bitterwater Tully Union School District

Bitterwater Tully Union School District, doing business as Bitterwater-Tully Elementary School, is a rural public school district in King City, California, that receives federal formula grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prime recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program. The district is a not-for-profit organization and operates exclusively in the federal education grant space; it does not hold federal contracts or participate in contract vehicles.

The district's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated in a single grantor agency and a single grant program. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 93% of awards over the source data window, all flowing through the Small, Rural School Achievement Program as formula grants. The district has received five consecutive annual awards under this program — July 1 of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 — with ultimate completion dates running through September 30 of the following year. The district also holds one grant sub-award dated August 31, 2026, focused on improving teacher and principal quality and increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom.

Award activity is minimal and flat. The source shows fourteen total awards across the past twenty years, with one award per year in 2022 through 2025 and two awards in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $221 thousand. The district faces one award completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying no material recompete exposure at scale. The district operates as prime recipient on 93% of awards and sub-recipient on 7%, reflecting a largely autonomous grant operation with limited teaming relationships.

The Small, Rural School Achievement Program is a formula grant under CFDA 84.358, designed to provide supplemental funding to rural schools for academic improvement, teacher quality enhancement, and professional development. As a rural school district in a sparsely populated agricultural region of Monterey County, Bitterwater Tully Union School District qualifies for the program's statutory distribution based on district and student demographics rather than through competitive procurement. The district's award history demonstrates consistent annual eligibility and compliance with renewal cycles, with no variation in award value or scope across the observation window.