Grant County School District 8

Grant County School District 8, doing business as Monument School District 8, is a U.S. local government school district based in Monument, Oregon, that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education and as a sub-recipient from the Oregon Department of Education across elementary, secondary, and special education programs. The district does not hold federal contracts and operates entirely in the grant space (70% sub-recipient, 30% prime recipient across 63 total awards).

Monument School District 8's funding flows from two federal sources. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) funds the district directly as a prime recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, a formula grant administered on an annual cycle — the district received awards on July 1 of each year from 2022 through 2026, with ultimate completion dates running from September 30, 2023 through September 30, 2027. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) accounts for 13 awards in the source data. Concurrently, the Oregon Department of Education acts as the prime grantee on multiple federal K–12 programs, passing through sub-awards to Monument School District 8 in programs including Title I Part A/D Basic Grants to LEAs, Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, IDEA Part B (Sections 611 and 619), Rural School Library Revitalization, and American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER). The district has received sub-awards from ODE consistently since 2021, with the most recent tranches flowing through in August 2026.

Activity has remained modest and relatively flat across the past five years — six awards in 2022, peaking at nine in 2024, with five in 2025 and seven in 2026 year to date. The combined dollars obligated across all 63 awards total $658 thousand, reflecting the formula-grant nature of the funding, which distributes relatively small annual allocations to rural districts. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. As a U.S. government entity rather than a for-profit vendor, Monument School District 8 does not compete for contracts, partner on primes, or sub on commercial-sector federal work; it functions as an end-use recipient of federal K–12 education grants channeled through state pass-through mechanisms and direct OESE formula awards.