Prairie City School District # 4

Prairie City School District # 4, a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Prairie City, Oregon, operates as a recipient of federal education grants and as a prime on minimal federal contracts. The district receives recurring federal K–12 education funding as a prime recipient and acts as a sub-recipient on federal education and rural development grants passed through the Oregon Department of Education, with 67% of its recent award count coming through sub-recipient status. The district carries no SBA set-aside designations.

The district's federal footprint centers almost entirely on K–12 education funding. Sixty-four percent of all awards by count (48 awards) flow through the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with an additional 21% (14 awards) routed through the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The district serves as a direct prime recipient of Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with annual awards on July 1 in fiscal years 2022 through 2026 (most recent completion date September 30, 2027). As a sub-recipient under the Oregon Department of Education, the district receives pass-through allocations across Title I Part A/D Basic Grants to LEAs, Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, IDEA Part B 611 and 619 (special education), and rural school library revitalization funding dating back to 2021. The district also manages sub-receipts from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for Child Nutrition Program fresh fruit and vegetable allocations and from the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Fund (ARP-ESSER). Minimal prime contract work consists of two Forest Service Region 6 purchase orders for land rental and facility use services: a July 2026 order for $16,011.90 covering land rental in Pendleton, Oregon (ultimate completion July 27, 2026), and an August 2022 order for $7,500 covering land or facility use (ultimate completion September 11, 2022).

Award activity has remained flat at five to ten awards annually over the past five years (2022: 8 awards | 2023: 10 | 2024: 8 | 2025: 5 | 2026: 8), with only one award carrying an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months. The district's combined potential value across all awards reads as $24 thousand, but combined dollars obligated (actual federal cash received or committed) across the same awards totals $2.6 million — a reflection of large recurring grant allocations that vastly exceed their initially stated potential values. The discrepancy signals that the district manages substantial annual federal K–12 education funding through the Oregon Department of Education pass-through mechanism, with actual cash flow not captured in the potential-value field. The district's federal footprint is predominantly education and rural school support, with no contract IDVs, GWACs, or vehicles in its current portfolio.