Grove School District 27

Grove School District 27, doing business as Grove Public School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Shawnee, Oklahoma that receives federal grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), with a secondary sub-recipient role under state education agency pass-through grants for nutrition, career technical education, and student achievement programs.

Grove Public School operates exclusively in the federal grant space — it holds no federal contracts and does not compete on procurement vehicles. As a prime recipient, the district receives Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs and Impact Aid Program (Title VII, Section 7003) awards directly from OESE. Indian Education Formula Grants fund programs serving Native American students; the district has received annual formula grants in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Impact Aid Program awards, which compensate districts for lost local tax base due to federal property or activities, arrived in March 2022 (completion September 2027), February 2023 (completion September 2028), and October 2023 (completion September 2029). In its sub-recipient capacity, Grove Public School receives federal education funding passed through the Oklahoma Department of Education and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, including child nutrition reimbursement (awards in June 2026 and October 2025), vocational education basic grants (July 2025), rural and low-income student support (August 2024), Oklahoma Champions of Excellence Initiative funds under Title IV, Part A (August 2024), and Title I funding for high-quality education and academic achievement (August 2024).

The district's federal footprint centers entirely on the Department of Education, which accounts for 100% of awards across 51 total prime and sub grants. OESE dominates the portfolio with 46 awards; the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service appears in two awards (nutrition pass-throughs); and the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education appears once. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.4 million. Activity has remained modest and flat — two to four awards per year over the past five years — with only one award (a sub-grant) reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months. The district's grant portfolio is typical of rural Oklahoma K-12 districts: formula-driven federal education support for Native American students, federal property impact compensation, nutrition assistance, and career technical education funding flowing through state intermediaries.