IND School District

Henning Public School, a non-profit rural school district operating as IND School District 545 Division in Henning, Minnesota, acts as a prime recipient of federal education and nutrition formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, with subordinate participation in state-administered sub-grants. The district does not hold federal contracts or seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of formula grants and sub-awards flowing through state intermediaries.

Henning Public School's federal grant activity centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (SRSA) administered through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district has received five consecutive annual SRSA formula grants awarded July 1 each year from 2022 through 2026, with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026 and ultimate completion scheduled for September 30, 2027. SRSA is a formula-based assistance program that does not require competitive bidding; the district qualifies as a rural school entity and receives allocations accordingly. Beyond SRSA, Henning Public School participates in a secondary federal funding stream through the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, most recently through Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) sub-awards processed by the Minnesota Department of Education and a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21CCLC) sub-award dated September 1, 2026. The district also acts as sub-recipient on several state-administered grants from the Minnesota Department of Education carrying internal award codes (such as FFY24-10.582 and 000-401-2024) that flow federal dollars through the state agency.

The district's federal customer base is concentrated and predictable: 24 of 29 awards (83% of volume) come from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with 5 awards from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $979 thousand, reflecting the modest per-award magnitudes typical of small rural school formula grants. Activity over the past five years shows modest volume — one award in 2022, three in 2023, seven in 2024, declining to two each in 2025 and 2026 — with only one award (the SRSA grant completing September 30, 2027) facing completion within the next twenty-four months. As a formula-grant recipient rather than a competitive contractor, Henning Public School does not compete for task orders, recompetes, or teaming arrangements with federal contractors; the district's federal funding depends on statutory eligibility as a small rural school and on state administrative pass-through mechanics rather than on procurement strategy or competitive positioning.