USD 505 Chetopa Saint Paul

USD 505 Chetopa Saint Paul is a U.S. government entity—the school district operating in Chetopa, Kansas—that acts as a prime recipient of federal education grants and as a sub-recipient of federal education and human services funding flowing through the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Department for Children and Families. The district does not hold federal contracts, only grant awards and sub-awards.

The district's federal footprint is entirely grant-based and concentrated in K–12 education and nutrition programs. As a prime recipient, USD 505 receives formula grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, with consecutive annual awards in July 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 (the most recent award dated July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion September 30, 2027). The district also operates as a sub-recipient of block grants and Title I Low Income funding distributed by the Kansas State Department of Education, with eighteen sub-awards recorded between August 2022 and July 2026. One additional sub-award, dated July 1, 2026, routes TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) funds from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families through the Kansas Department for Children and Families to the district.

Customer concentration is narrow and aligned with the rural school district funding ecosystem. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 26 of 40 total awards in the source data; the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 13 awards (likely child nutrition and meal programs); and the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families accounts for 1 award. The district splits evenly between prime (20 awards, 50%) and sub-recipient (20 awards, 50%) roles. Combined dollars obligated across all forty awards total $2.1 million, reflecting the small-dollar, formula-grant nature of rural school district federal funding. The district's activity has grown modestly—two awards in both 2022 and 2023, seven in 2024, four in 2025, and eight in 2026—with only one award scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months.