Durant School District 72

Durant School District 72, a U.S. government entity located in Durant, Oklahoma, receives federal education grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and as a sub-recipient from the Oklahoma State Department of Education and other state agencies. The district does not hold federal contracts and does not operate as a vendor in the procurement sense; rather, it operates as a grant-funded public school district serving American Indian and Alaska Native students.

Durant School District 72's federal footprint is almost entirely education formula grants and project grants. As a prime recipient, the district has received Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060) in consecutive annual awards since at least 2022, with recent awards of $263,874 (July 2024–June 2025), $270,518 (July 2025–June 2026), and $263,757 (July 2026–June 2027), each approximately $260,000 to $270,000 annually. The district also holds Impact Aid Program awards (CFDA 84.041, Title VII Section 7003) as multi-year project grants: $253,660 awarded October 2025 running through September 2031, following prior awards in October 2024 (through September 2030), October 2023 (through September 2029), and March 2022 (through September 2027). These grants address the unique cultural and academic needs of Native American students, fund teacher professional development in culturally responsive instruction, and support mental health services. The district received one project grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education in January 2023 (through December 2026) for school mental health counseling and prevention services.

As a sub-recipient, Durant School District 72 flows federal funds through the Oklahoma State Department of Education for child nutrition programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and Title IV Part A initiatives. The district also receives sub-awards from the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education for vocational education basic grants (2024 and 2025) and from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for school-based prevention services. Child nutrition sub-awards account for the majority of sub-recipient activity across the award record.

Customer concentration is narrow. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 32 of 60 total awards (53%); the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 20 awards (33%), flowing primarily through state pass-through mechanisms. Together, these two agencies represent 93% of the district's total award count. The district is split evenly between prime (33 awards, 55%) and sub-recipient (27 awards, 45%) roles. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $16.9 million. Activity peaked in 2024 with 21 awards, declining to 6 in 2025 and 2 in 2026 year-to-date. Only 2 awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating stable, multi-year grant funding through 2031 in the Impact Aid vehicle and through 2027 and 2028 in legacy Indian Education and mental health grants.