Graham County Unified School District 281

Graham County Unified School District 281, Nancy Law Division, is a U.S. local government school district entity headquartered in Hill City, Kansas, that acts as a federal grant recipient under elementary and secondary education programs administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and as a sub-recipient of block grants and nutrition assistance funds distributed by the Kansas State Department of Education.

The district's federal footprint is exclusively grant-based with no federal contract vehicle awards. The district acts as a prime recipient on Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education — five annual awards spanning July 2022 through September 2027, with the most recent award issued July 1, 2026. The district also receives sub-awards from the Kansas State Department of Education, serving as a sub-recipient on block grants, Title I Low Income assistance, American Rescue Plan (ARP-ESSER) funds, and education funding for low-income students. Sub-award activity has accelerated: the district received three sub-awards in 2022, two in 2023, twelve in 2024, ten in 2025, and seventeen through September 2026. The source lists no individual sub-award dollar magnitudes; combined obligations across all sixty-one prime and sub awards total two million dollars across the entire portfolio.

Customer concentration sits entirely with two federal agencies. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for thirty-four awards (56% of the portfolio), and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for twenty-seven awards (44%), giving full coverage across one hundred percent of listed awards. The district operates predominantly as a sub-recipient (41 of 61 awards, or 67%), with prime recipient status limited to the five recurring Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district receives no federal contracting work and does not hold positions on government-wide contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs.