Cayuga Independent School District

Cayuga Independent School District, doing business as Cayuga ISD, is a rural Texas school district that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Education and acts as a sub-recipient on education and special education grants passed through the Texas Education Agency. The district is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and qualifies as a U.S. government entity; it does not hold federal contracts or IDVs.

Cayuga ISD's federal footprint is entirely grant-based. As a prime recipient, the district holds recurring annual awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA title omitted from source), a formula grant from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district received awards on July 1 of each year from 2022 through 2026, with the most recent award (July 1, 2026) carrying an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027. These formula grants support operations at the 17750 N US Highway 287 campus in Tennessee Colony, Texas.

The vast majority of Cayuga ISD's federal activity flows through sub-awards from state intermediaries. The district holds 35 sub-awards (65% of total awards by count) routed through the Texas Education Agency under Title I, Part A (supplemental funding for low-income student achievement); Title II, Part A (educator quality and teacher effectiveness); and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B formula funds for special education services ages 3–21 and ages 3–5. A single sub-award from the Texas Department of Agriculture in June 2024 relates to a local food service program. The source does not disclose dollar magnitudes for individual sub-awards. Sub-award activity spans from November 2021 (Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Supports/TCLAS and CRRSA Act ESSER II pandemic relief) through September 2026 (Title I, Part A amendment).

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 39 awards (72% of total), and the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 14 awards (26%), covering 100% of awards in the source. The single Department of Agriculture award represents administrative pass-through for a child nutrition program. The district is not a federal contractor and does not compete on federal procurements or GWACs.

Activity has been flat to declining. The district received eight awards in 2022, nine in 2023, eight in 2024, six in 2025, and three through September 2026. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the near term. Combined dollars obligated across all fifty-four awards total $8.1 million, reflecting the formula-grant and sub-award nature of the work and the small rural district classification that anchors funding eligibility.