Black Butte School District 41

Black Butte School District 41, a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Jefferson County, Oregon, receives federal education grant funding as a sub-recipient from the Oregon Department of Education across special education, instructional support, and emergency relief programs. The district operates exclusively as a grant sub-recipient (71% of recent awards) rather than as a prime contractor or prime grant recipient; it has not held federal contracts or served as a prime grantee in the source data window.

The district's federal footprint is concentrated entirely within the Department of Education. All 31 awards in the source span two ED offices: the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (20 awards) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (11 awards). Funding flows through a single pass-through entity — the Oregon Department of Education — which channels federal special education and instructional grants to the district as a sub-recipient.

Black Butte School District 41's sub-award activity centers on three recurring federal grant programs. The majority of sub-awards flow under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B authorizations, specifically Part B 611 (services for school-age children with disabilities) and Part B 619 (services for preschool-age children with disabilities). The district also receives pass-through funding from the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program, which funds teacher and school leader professional development and evaluation systems. In 2023, the district received a sub-award from the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Fund (ARP-ESSER) for pandemic recovery in schools. Sub-awards are issued annually or semi-annually, with the most recent sub-award dated February 2026 under Supporting Effective Instruction.

The district's combined federal dollars obligated across all 31 awards total $285 thousand. Activity has been flat — three awards in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — indicating stable, consistent pass-through funding rather than growth or contraction. The district holds no federal contract vehicles, does not bid on competitive procurements, and operates within the federal education grant ecosystem exclusively as a downstream recipient of state-administered federal education funding.