Harvard School District #11

Harvard School District #11, doing business as Harvard Public School, is a U.S. local government entity and rural school district in Harvard, Nebraska that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Education, with no federal contract prime activity. The district operates as both a direct recipient of education grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and as a sub-recipient of pass-through education funding distributed by the Nebraska Department of Education.

Harvard Public School's federal footprint centers on two primary grant programs, both administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district holds recurring direct prime awards under the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041), a project grant addressing revenue loss from federal property acquisition within its boundaries. The district qualifies for assistance under Section 7002, which applies to local educational agencies where 10 percent or more of assessed real property valuation has been acquired by the federal government since 1938 and the district is not substantially compensated by activities on that property. The Impact Aid awards, each valued at $101,837, carry multi-year performance periods extending through fiscal years 2027 through 2031; recent prime awards include Impact Aid Project Grants dated October 1, 2025 (through September 30, 2031), December 16, 2024 (through September 30, 2030), November 22, 2023 (through September 30, 2029), February 22, 2023 (through September 30, 2028), and March 31, 2022 (through September 30, 2027). The district also receives recurring Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards issued annually in July; the most recent formula grant runs from July 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

The district's dollar exposure concentrates in sub-awards distributed by the Nebraska Department of Education, which passes through federal Title I, Title ID, IDEA Part B, and block-grant funding to Harvard Public School as a sub-recipient. The sub-award activity accelerated in 2024 (18 awards) and 2025 (16 awards), with recurring monthly or quarterly distributions spanning Title I Basic Grants to LEAs, Title I CSI/ATSI (Continuously Improving Schools/Additional Targeted Support and Improvement), IDEA Part B 611 base and nonpublic allocations, IDEA CEIS (Comprehensive Early Intervening Services), and unspecified block grants. Combined, 49 awards derive from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 21 from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (likely USDA child nutrition programs), and 3 from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; $3.4 million has been obligated across all 74 awards since 2006. Activity peaked in the past two years; only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating stable or expanding grant commitments through 2030 and 2031.