Chippewa Hills School District

Chippewa Hills School District, operating as Chippewa Hills High School in Remus, Michigan, is a U.S. local government school district that acts as a sub-recipient on federal education and nutrition grants funneled through the Michigan Department of Education, with 77 percent of its federal award footprint routed through sub-grant relationships rather than prime grants. The district does not hold prime federal contracts or seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles; it operates exclusively in the grant space as either a direct prime recipient or a sub-recipient from state intermediaries.

The district's federal funding derives exclusively from two customer agencies. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 54 awards, while the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 25 awards, representing 100 percent of the district's recent federal award activity. The two agencies track closely in both concentration metrics, with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominating volume but the Food and Nutrition Service supporting USDA child nutrition programs including the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Chippewa Hills operates as a prime recipient under the Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs program, holding five consecutive one-year grants running July through June cycles from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district has received recurring prime grants in fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026, and completion scheduled for June 30, 2027.

Sub-grant activity dominates the district's workload. The Michigan Department of Education has issued 61 sub-awards to Chippewa Hills since 2021, distributed across Title I, Part A disadvantaged-student assistance; teacher-quality improvement and professional development programs; Title IV, Part A well-rounded education and technology access initiatives; USDA nutrition programs including school food support and fresh fruit distribution; and Department of Energy education programs. Sub-grant awards cluster in two periods — April and October of each year, reflecting Michigan's standard grant-distribution calendar — with the most recent tranche dated August 13, 2026. Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $23.2 million.

Activity has varied year to year, with nine awards in 2022 and 2023, a drop to four in 2024, a recovery to fourteen in 2025, and seventeen awards through August 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district's federal footprint is limited to education and child nutrition formula grants funneled through state intermediaries; it does not pursue competitive federal contracts, GSA Schedule sales, or direct task-order work under government-wide acquisition vehicles.