Saline County School District 0002

Saline County School District 0002, doing business as Crete Public Schools, is a U.S. local government school district that receives federal education and rural broadband funding as a grant recipient, with 92% of its recent award footprint coming through sub-awards channeled from state and federal grantors rather than as a direct prime recipient. The district is headquartered in Crete, Nebraska (930 Main Ave, Crete, NE 68333) and holds no federal contracts; its engagement with federal funding is exclusively through grant awards.

Crete Public Schools' federal footprint is dominated by education program sub-awards flowing through the Nebraska Department of Education. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 95% of recent awards, led decisively by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (29 awards) and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (24 awards). The remaining volume splits across the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition (4 awards), the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (3 awards), and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (2 awards). The district receives Title I grants to local education agencies, Title II supporting effective instruction state grants, Title III English language acquisition formula grants, Title IV student support and academic enrichment grants, and Perkins career and technical education grants, all flowing from the Nebraska Department of Education as prime grantee. The district also receives Child Nutrition Program funding routed through USDA Food and Nutrition Service and holds one direct prime grant award from the Rural Utilities Service for a distance learning grant with ultimate completion August 26, 2027.

Activity has accelerated sharply over the past two years. The district received only one award in 2022 and two in 2023, then jumped to 25 in 2024 and 27 in 2025, reflecting expanded federal funding for K–12 education through state pass-through mechanisms and the rollout of federal child nutrition support. The source carries 65 total awards across the entire data window, with $13.9 million in combined obligations. The grant-funded work includes Title I basic grants for disadvantaged students, English language acquisition support for immigrant students, teacher professional development and instructional support, career and technical education including Perkins grants, 21st Century Community Learning Centers after-school programming, special education (IDEA) funding, migrant education support, and pandemic-era emergency relief (ESSER). Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a stable, multi-year funding base across most active sub-awards. The district does not subcontract federal work to other vendors and does not prime federal contracts or larger IDIQs; it functions entirely as a sub-recipient of federal education and nutrition programs distributed through Nebraska's state education authority.