USD 492 Flinthills

USD 492 Flinthills, doing business as Flinthills School District, is a public school district located in Rosalia, Kansas that operates as a federal grant recipient in the K-12 education space, receiving direct formula grants from the Department of Education and sub-grants from the Kansas State Department of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and does not compete for procurement work; its federal footprint is limited to grant funding for rural school operations and low-income student support programs.

Flinthills School District's federal relationship centers on two distinct grant streams. As a direct prime recipient, the district receives annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education — awards issued July 1 in each of 2022 through 2026, with ultimate completion dates of September 30 in the following year. As a sub-recipient, the district receives pass-through allocations from the Kansas State Department of Education, including Title I Low Income education funding and block grants. Since 2022, the district has received sixteen sub-grant awards from KSDE, most dated between July 2024 and March 2026, spanning block grants, Title I allocations for low-income students, and low-income education support.

The district's customer base is limited to two federal agencies: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 26 of 38 total awards, while the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 12 awards (likely school nutrition program support). Combined dollars obligated across the entire award footprint total $1.2 million. Activity has been modest and variable — two awards per year in 2022 and 2023, rising to eight in 2024, declining to six in 2025, and three awarded year-to-date in 2026. Only one award carries a completion date inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the near term. The district operates 53% of its awards as a direct recipient (twenty of thirty-eight) and 47% as a sub-recipient through the Kansas State Department of Education (eighteen of thirty-eight), a structural posture typical of rural districts dependent on state pass-through administration of federal K-12 funding.