Jay Public Schools I-1

Jay Public Schools I-1, doing business as Jay Public Schools, is a non-profit K-12 school district in Jay, Oklahoma that operates as a direct recipient of federal education grants from the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health and Human Services. The district does not hold prime federal contracts and does not operate as a federal contractor; it functions exclusively as a federal grant recipient (47 prime grants, 62% of total awards) and as a sub-recipient of federal education and nutrition funds distributed by the Oklahoma Department of Education and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (29 sub-awards, 38% of total awards).

Jay Public Schools serves a predominantly Native American rural community in northeastern Oklahoma and has consistently received formula and project grants addressing the specialized educational, cultural, and nutritional needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students. The district is a recurring recipient under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060), with annual formula awards of approximately $178,000 to $192,000 supporting culturally responsive academic instruction, cultural programming, teacher professional development, and targeted student support services for Indian students from July through the following June. Most recently, the district received $173,977 under CFDA 84.060 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The district also holds multiple Impact Aid awards (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7003), including a $162,701 project grant effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2031, which provides revenue replacement for federally connected children living on or working near Federal property. A Head Start project grant awarded April 1, 2025 and running through March 31, 2030 funds early childhood education and nutrition programs.

Customer concentration is concentrated in education and nutrition. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 43 awards (57% of the total portfolio by count), while the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 24 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, the Department of Education, and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service round out the seven distinct customer agencies. Sub-awards flow overwhelmingly through the Oklahoma Department of Education, which distributes federal child nutrition reimbursement (School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program), Title I Part A funds, Title IV Part A funds (Oklahoma Champions of Excellence Initiative), rural education assistance, and arts and culture supplemental programming to the district. The district received one additional sub-award from the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education for the 2025 Vocational Ed Basic Grants to States program (CFDA 84.048).

Award activity peaked in 2024 with 21 awards, followed by a decline to 6 awards in 2025 and 2 awards in 2026 to date. Across the entire award history in the source data, the district has obligated $103.1 million in combined federal dollars. Within the next twenty-four months, only one award faces ultimate completion, indicating low recompete pressure in the near term. The district's federal footprint remains anchored to K-12 education services and child nutrition programs serving a Native American student population with federal nexus (Impact Aid) or specific cultural and academic needs (Indian Education Formula Grants), with sub-award flows supporting meal programs and supplemental instruction routed through Oklahoma state education agencies.