Henderson County Board Of Education

Henderson County Board Of Education, a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Lexington, Tennessee, is a federal grant sub-recipient that operates K–12 education, special education, career technical education, nutrition, and adult education programs funded through pass-through awards from federal agencies via Tennessee state intermediaries. The district is not a prime contractor and does not hold federal contracts; it receives 98% of its recent federal funding as a sub-recipient of grants administered by the Tennessee Department of Education and the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development.

The district's grant footprint centers on three federal funding sources. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 29 sub-awards (49% of the 59 total awards tracked), covering Title I Basic Grants to LEAs, special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), career and technical education under Perkins V, student support and academic enrichment grants, and professional development initiatives for teaching and learning. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services provides 11 awards (19%) for specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities through individualized educational programs. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service supplies 5 awards (8%) for reimbursements for meals served via the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. The Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education and the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration round out the remainder, with the latter providing sub-awards to support adult education services to program participants. Together, these five customer lines account for 86% of awards.

Henderson County's only prime grant award is a Distance Learning Grant from the Rural Utilities Service awarded August 26, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 26, 2027. The district's remaining 58 awards are sub-awards flowing through state intermediaries, primarily the Tennessee Department of Education, which is the prime grantee on the vast majority of sub-awards related to elementary and secondary education, special education, career technical education, student support, and nutrition programs. The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development serves as the prime grantee for adult education sub-awards. Award activity has grown from 3 awards in 2022 and 2023 to 16 in 2024 and 13 in 2025, with 10 awards recorded in 2026 to date. Combined dollars obligated across all 59 awards total $25.9 million. Only one award in the district's portfolio faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure.