Board Of Education Idaho State

The Board of Education Idaho State Division of Career Technical Education, a division of the State of Idaho, operates as a prime federal grant recipient delivering adult education and career technical education programming across Idaho. The division is a public sector entity structured as a child unit of the State of Idaho and holds no federal contracts; all activity is confined to formula grants and project grants from the Department of Education and FEMA.

The division's federal footprint centers on two grant programs with recurring annual awards. The Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education has funded 40 awards under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act State Grant program (CFDA 84.002) and the Career and Technical Education Basic Grants to States program (CFDA 84.048), providing formula grant funding to support adult literacy services, workplace literacy, family literacy, integrated English language and civics education, and secondary and postsecondary career technical education programming statewide. A representative award from July 2024 under CFDA 84.002 carried $3.255 million and ran through September 2025, with the division distributing sub-awards to College of Western Idaho, Lewis-Clark State College, North Idaho College, College of Eastern Idaho, College of Southern Idaho, and the Idaho Department of Correction for adult education and workforce training delivery. An earlier $12 million formula grant under CFDA 84.048 from July 2022 through September 2023 supported the division's development of secondary and postsecondary career technical education programs of study. FEMA has issued six project grants totaling approximately $15.6 million, including an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (September 2022 through September 2024) and State Fire Training Systems Grants, supporting firefighter training and fire training system development. The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration has provided four awards supporting workforce training and adult education initiatives.

Combined obligated dollars across all 54 awards total $191.7 million over the source data period, with activity tracking at three to four awards annually over the past five years. Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The division operates exclusively as a prime recipient with no subcontractor activity; it distributes federal funding to local colleges, correctional agencies, and training partners across Idaho but does not sub-award to private vendors or other contracting entities in the traditional sense.