Colstrip Public School District NO. 19

Colstrip Public School District NO. 19, operating as Colstrip High School, is a Montana school district that receives federal grant funding from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education as the prime recipient; the district does not hold prime federal contracts and does not operate as a federal contractor or subcontractor in the procurement sense.

Colstrip High School is a U.S. local government entity structured as a school district child entity under parent Colstrip Public School District. The district operates a K-12 educational program serving a federally connected student population in Colstrip, Montana, and receives funding exclusively from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education through two recurring federal grant programs: the Impact Aid Program (Title VII, Section 7003, CFDA 84.041) and the Small, Rural School Achievement Program. Impact Aid funds replace local revenue lost because federally connected children or children whose parents work on federal property live within the district; funding supports instruction, special education, English language learning, nutrition, career and technical education, teacher training, and technology integration. The district qualifies for Section 7003 Impact Aid eligibility because at least three percent or 400 eligible federally connected children in average daily attendance live on federal property or have a parent employed on federal property or on active duty in the uniformed services.

The district's recent grant awards include a $166,105 Impact Aid award on October 1, 2025 (completion September 30, 2031), a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant on July 1, 2026 (completion September 30, 2027), and prior Impact Aid awards issued in October 2023 (completion September 30, 2029), February 2023 (completion September 30, 2028), and December 2024 (completion September 30, 2030). Across all federal sources in the source data since 2006, the district has received 30 total awards, 29 as prime recipient and one as sub-recipient, with $2.3 million combined dollars obligated. Activity has been sparse and irregular: one award in 2022, three in 2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The district's federal grant footprint is entirely concentrated with the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with no diversification across other federal agencies.