Burke School District 26-2

Burke School District 26-2, a South Dakota-based local government school district entity headquartered in Burke, operates as a federal grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, receiving formula grants and project grants as a prime recipient (63% of awards) and as a sub-recipient flowing through the South Dakota Department of Education (37% of awards).

Burke's federal footprint is entirely grant-funded with no federal contract awards. The district's customer base concentrates heavily with the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 35 of 46 total awards across two named programs: the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grants awarded annually in July) and the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7002 (project grants). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service contributes 8 awards tied to the National School Lunch Program Block Grant and school lunch operations. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services rounds out the three-agency customer set with 3 awards.

As a prime recipient, Burke received Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants in July of each year from 2022 through 2026, with awards running through September 30 of the following fiscal year. Burke also received Impact Aid Program project grants in February 2023, November 2023, December 2024, and October 2025, each carrying multi-year performance periods extending through 2027 to 2031. Combined dollars obligated across all forty-six awards total $1.2 million. As a sub-recipient, Burke receives funding allocations from South Dakota Department of Education for Title I Basic, Title IIA REAP, Title IV, IDEA Flowthrough Parts B, school lunch operations, and National School Lunch Program Block Grant claims; sub-awards began flowing in 2023 and continue through 2026.

Activity has been episodic rather than linear—two awards in 2022, eight in 2023, five in 2024, eight in 2025, and two in 2026 (the most recent dated July 1, 2026). Only one award carries an ultimate completion date in the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Burke's federal engagement serves operational and instructional needs at the local school level rather than representing a federal contracting supplier footprint; the district functions as a designated beneficiary of formula and project grants administered by South Dakota's education authority.