Durango School District 9 R

Durango School District 9 R, a Colorado-based public school district and U.S. government entity, receives federal education and nutrition grants as a recipient from the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture, operating primarily as a sub-recipient on pass-through funding from the Colorado Board of Education rather than as a direct prime recipient. The district holds no federal contracts and competes in no procurement set-asides; its federal engagement is entirely grant-funded and education-mission-aligned.

The district's federal footprint is heavily weighted toward education and child nutrition programming. As a prime recipient, Durango School District 9 R holds four recent Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (CFDA 84.060) from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with annual awards of approximately $102,972 for fiscal years 2023 through 2026, each spanning July through June. These awards fund activities addressing the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Indian students in Durango, including teacher support for culturally appropriate instruction and student access to Native American languages, histories, and traditions. Performance occurs in Durango, Colorado.

As a sub-recipient, the district receives the majority of its federal funding through the Colorado Board of Education as the prime grantee across multiple Department of Education and Department of Agriculture programs. The sub-recipient portfolio spans 79 awards (77% of the total footprint) flowing through state-level pass-through mechanisms. These include Title IA (school improvement), Title II (educator quality), Title III and Title III ELL (English Language Acquisition), Title IV (student support and enrichment), and Part B and Preschool special education funding. Nutrition program sub-awards include recurring Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service blocks (Nutrition Block 2324, 2425, and 2526) and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program components, with sub-awards flowing monthly or quarterly throughout the fiscal year. The district also received sub-awards for specialized initiatives including the Colorado Multi-Tiered System of Supports (COMTSS) program, the Colorado Literacy and Supplementary Development (CLSD) Cohort 2, and school-based mental health strengthening grants.

Customer concentration is dominated by Department of Education programs (52 awards across multiple ED offices) and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (40 awards), together accounting for 93% of the award count. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education leads at 43 awards, followed by USDA Food and Nutrition at 40, with secondary volume in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (9 awards) and the Office of English Language Acquisition (3 awards). The district obligated $12.5 million across all 103 awards in the source data. Activity has grown steadily — 2 awards in 2022, 6 in 2023, 27 in 2024, 32 in 2025, and 16 through August 2026. Only 1 award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term.