Chugach School District

Chugach School District, a U.S. local government entity and public school district headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, operates as a federal grant recipient providing K–12 educational services and receives direct federal funding to offset the fiscal impact of federally connected students on its operational capacity. The district does not hold federal contracts as a prime or subcontractor; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with 79% of recent awards as a direct recipient (73 grants) and 21% as a sub-recipient under pass-through awards from state agencies (19 sub-grants).

Chugach's federal grant portfolio concentrates heavily on education and special education programs through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The top five customer agencies account for 95% of recent awards, led by the Education Office with 75 awards as a direct recipient. The district's core grant work splits between recurring formula grants and multi-year project grants. As a direct recipient, Chugach holds recurring Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants (July award dates running through September of the following year), with awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. The district also holds a series of Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7003) project grants from the Education Office, which compensate the district for enrollment of federally connected children living on federal property or with parents employed on federal property or on active duty in the uniformed services. The most recent Impact Aid award, dated October 1, 2025, carries a five-year completion date of September 30, 2031, and the prior awards carry four-year and five-year ultimate completion dates. Additionally, Chugach received a $299 thousand NASA Langley Research Center project grant for a STEM Traditional Ecological Knowledge Plus Data Equals Action (TEKDA) initiative awarded March 1, 2024, with a June 30, 2026 completion date.

As a sub-recipient, Chugach receives pass-through awards from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development under Title I Basic Grants to LEAs, Title I School Improvement Grants, Special Education Title VI Grants, and related federal education programs. The sub-grant awards span 2021 through 2025, with the most recent clustering in September and October 2025. Activity is modest and stable over the past five years — four awards in 2022, rising to eight in 2025, with one award in the current year. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window.