Clark County School District

Clark County School District, a U.S. local government entity and the fifth-largest school district in the nation serving over 300,000 students in Las Vegas, Nevada, operates as both a federal grant recipient (44% of recent awards as prime recipient) and a federal grant sub-recipient (56% of recent awards under state pass-through vehicles), with minimal federal contracting footprint. The district receives formula grants and project grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, nutrition and food-service funding from the Department of Agriculture, and pass-through sub-awards from the Nevada Department of Education and other state agencies administering federal education and safety programs.

The district's funding portfolio is heavily concentrated in K-12 education support. The top five customer agencies account for 69% of recent awards. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominates the footprint with 109 awards, including Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060), the Impact Aid Program Title VII Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041), and Magnet Schools Assistance Program funding. Recent prime grant awards include a $140,252 Indian Education Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060) for the performance period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, addressing culturally related academic needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students; a $151,352 Impact Aid Program award (CFDA 84.041) running through September 30, 2031, to compensate for lost local revenue resulting from federal property exempt from local taxes; and a $750,000 Community Oriented Policing Program grant (CFDA 16.710) from the Department of Justice for hiring career law enforcement officers from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027.

Sub-award activity is substantial: 122 awards (56% of the total) flow through the Nevada Department of Education as pass-through grantor, funding Title I academic achievement, Special Education Part B and Early Childhood programs, Title II teacher and principal training, Title III English learner and immigrant support, McKinney-Vento homeless assistance, 21st Century learning centers, Perkins career and technical education, GEAR UP college preparation, and American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER trauma-informed and school-based mental health services. Recent sub-awards include a $124.9 million Title I Part A allocation (revised as of December 12, 2025), a $14 million Title II Part A teacher and principal training award (revised December 29, 2025), and specialized school-improvement and safety funding. Sub-awards also flow from the Nevada Department of Agriculture (school lunch and fresh fruit and vegetable programs), the Nevada Department of Public Safety (traffic safety and Joining Forces initiatives), the Southern Nevada Health District (Safe Routes to Schools recognition and walk audits), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Ready to Learn Learning Neighborhoods early childhood partnerships).

Award volume has grown from 22 in 2022 to 38 in 2024, then moderated to 18 in 2025 and 12 as of mid-2026 (a snapshot of year-to-date activity). Across the 217 total awards in the source data spanning back to 1993, combined potential value stands at $211 thousand, but combined obligated dollars reach $2.5 billion, reflecting the scale of K-12 education funding flowing through the district annually. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete pressure in the immediate pipeline. The district holds a single federal contract prime award — a $5,806.63 purchase order from the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (October 26, 2023 through October 25, 2024) for unspecified products or services in support of Los Angeles DEA operations — but this represents an anomaly within an otherwise grant-focused portfolio. Federal contracting vehicles and subcontracting relationships with prime contractors do not characterize Clark County School District's federal footprint; the organization's federal relationship is fundamentally that of an education recipient institution receiving formula and project grants for student services, teacher professional development, nutrition programs, school safety, and special populations support.