Davis School District

Davis School District, doing business as Davis County School District, is a local government school district headquartered in Farmington, Utah, operating as a federal grant recipient in K-12 education with a secondary footprint in bus transportation services to the Air Force. The district is a sub-recipient on the vast majority of its federal awards (78% of recent activity), receiving federal education and nutrition grants flowing through state intermediaries and federal agencies rather than holding prime awards directly.

The district's federal grant portfolio totals over $7.2 million and concentrates in three areas. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominates by award count, with 74 recent awards across Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Impact Aid Program (Title VII, Section 7003), and Title I and Title II teacher development funding. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service carries 139 awards, substantially all flowing through the Utah State Board of Education, supporting school lunch, breakfast, after-school meal programs, fresh fruit and vegetable programs, and cash-in-lieu arrangements. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services provides 23 awards for IDEA special education formula funding and preschool special education flow-through. Smaller awards arrive from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (Head Start and Early Head Start), the Office of Head Start (Head Start and Early Head Start project grants), and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Communities That Care youth substance abuse prevention grant awarded September 2024, running through September 2029). The district also received a $925,810 Impact Aid award in October 2025, covering federal reimbursement for revenue lost due to federally connected children (those living on or with parents employed on federal property or on active duty in uniformed services) for the 2025–2031 period.

Recent grant activity shows growth: six awards in 2022 rising to 114 in 2024 before moderating to 65 in 2025, reflecting the timing of annual formula distributions and sub-recipient allocations from state pass-through agents. Only one award faces completion in the next twenty-four months. The district also holds a single prime federal contract, a May 2022 purchase order with Air Force Materiel Command for 30 buses and bus drivers for the 2022 Hill Air Force Base air show, valued at $27,056 and completed in June 2022. The sub-award footprint routes nearly all dollars through the Utah State Board of Education, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, the Utah Department of Workforce Services, Utah State University, and the Executive Office of State of Utah, positioning the district as a conduit for federal education dollars to K-12 classrooms and nutrition programs across Davis County.