Board Of Education

Board Of Education, the Middlesboro Independent School District in Kentucky, receives federal grants for school safety training and literacy instruction as a prime grant recipient under the Department of Education and the Department of Justice, with 74% of its recent federal footprint as a prime recipient and 26% as a sub-recipient on pass-through grants from other education nonprofits.

Board Of Education is a U.S. government entity — a state government structure — headquartered in Middlesboro, Kentucky. The district has received 19 federal awards across contracts and grants since 2006, with $20.9 million in combined dollars obligated. Activity has been episodic rather than continuous: one award in 2017, one in 2020, four in 2021, one in 2024, and one in 2026. The district does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal engagement flows through grant programs.

The district's federal customer base is narrow and concentrated. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 17 of 19 awards, with the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance holding one award and a residual Department of Education award rounding out the set. Recent prime grant work includes a Bureau of Justice Assistance formula grant awarded October 1, 2021 (ultimate completion September 30, 2026) for school safety training centered on two evidence-based practices — Green Dot, a bystander intervention program to reduce violence, and Youth Mental Health First Aid, a mental-health literacy training for adolescents. The district partnered with cross-sector stakeholders including law enforcement to build capacity for training school staff, educators, and students as instructors. A parallel Office of Elementary and Secondary Education project grant, also awarded October 1, 2021 (completion September 30, 2026), focused on innovative approaches to literacy instruction.

In its sub-recipient role, Board Of Education receives pass-through grants from Partners For Rural Impact, Inc., a rural education nonprofit: a February 2026 sub-award for tutoring services and a July 2024 sub-award for cradle-to-career family and community programming. Two awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore expire in the recompete window.