Kelliher School District 36

Kelliher School District 36, doing business as Kelliher Elementary School, is a rural Minnesota school district and U.S. local government entity that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient, with 85% of recent awards coming directly from the Department of Education and the remaining 15% flowing through the Minnesota Department of Education as sub-recipient awards. The district operates as a K-12 public school serving Kelliher, Minnesota, and does not hold federal contracts.

Kelliher's federal footprint centers on three Education Department grant programs. The district is a recurring recipient of Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (CFDA not specified in award summaries) and the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, both formula grants awarded annually each July with performance periods running through June and September respectively. The district also holds project grants under the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041), which provides financial assistance to school districts where the presence of federally connected children—including students living on Indian lands or with parents employed on federal property or in active duty military service—reduces the tax base available for local education funding. Kelliher qualifies under Section 7003 where at least three percent or 400 of its total average daily attendance are eligible federally connected children. The most recent Impact Aid award, dated October 1, 2025, carries a $983,538 obligation and runs through September 30, 2031. Earlier Impact Aid awards from February 2023, December 2021, and October 2023 similarly anchor multi-year performance periods extending into 2027–2029. The district received two new formula grants effective July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion in June 2027 and September 2027 respectively.

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 100% of the district's 61 prime grant awards across the past several years. The district also receives sub-recipient funds from the Minnesota Department of Education under two distinct sub-award channels: a series of Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program claims (CFDA 10.582, Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service) awarded monthly between September 2023 and February 2024, and state-level allocations categorized as "000-401" awards (likely state education agency formula passthrough funding). Activity peaked in 2024 with ten awards and has moderated to three awards in 2025 and two in 2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a long tail of multi-year impact-aid and formula-grant obligations extending beyond the immediate recompete window.