Culdesac Joint School District #342

Culdesac Joint School District #342, doing business as Culdesac School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Culdesac, Idaho, that receives federal education funding and nutrition program grants as a recipient, with no role as a federal contractor or subcontractor on commercial contracts. The district operates in a sub-recipient capacity for the vast majority of its federal activity, receiving 58% of awards as a sub-grant from the Idaho State Board of Education and holding 42% as direct prime grants from the Department of Education.

The district's federal footprint centers on elementary and secondary education funding, student nutrition, and special education support. As a prime recipient, Culdesac School holds direct formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (awarded annually since 2022, most recently July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion date September 30, 2027). As a sub-recipient flowing through the Idaho State Board of Education, Culdesac School participates in Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Special Education Grants to States, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), the National School Lunch Program, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. The sub-recipient awards span USDA Food and Nutrition Service programs (15 awards), Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services programs (3 awards), and Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education programs (3 awards).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (27 of 48 awards) and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (15 awards), accounting for 100% of the district's recent federal funding activity. Combined obligated dollars across all awards in the source total $524 thousand, reflecting the modest scale typical of a rural school district. Award activity shows a declining trajectory — 11 awards in 2022 and 12 in 2023, dropping to 8 in 2024, and only 1 award each in 2025 and 2026. One award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months. The district does not compete for federal contracts, sit on any federal contract vehicles, or engage in federal contracting relationships with other agencies or prime contractors; its federal engagement is exclusively through Department of Education and Department of Agriculture grant programs routed through state intermediaries or received directly as a rural K–12 recipient.