Kent School District

Kent School District, a U.S. local government school district based in Kent, Washington, receives federal education and nutrition grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture, and acts as a sub-recipient on federal education and social-services sub-awards flowing from Washington State agencies. The district does not hold federal contracts or IDVs; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant work under elementary and secondary education programs, child nutrition support, special education, and English language acquisition initiatives.

Kent School District's federal work is heavily concentrated in education and nutrition formula grants administered through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district has received five consecutive annual Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), with awards issued July 1 each year from 2022 through 2026 and ultimate completion dates of June 30 the following year. As a sub-recipient, Kent School District receives the plurality of its federal funding through the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, which serves as the pass-through prime grantee. Sub-award work spans Title I, Part A (school improvement and achievement), Title IIA (supporting effective instruction), Title III (English language acquisition), Special Education IDEA Part B (sections 611 and 619), the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief program (ESSER III-ARP pandemic relief), child nutrition program reimbursement and administrative support, the Stronger Connections Grant program, and various state-level comprehensive support and intervention (OSSI) tiers. The district also received a sub-award from the University of Washington on a Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant in August 2024, and a sub-award from the Department of Health and Human Services for refugee social services in July 2023.

The district's award volume grew sharply between 2022 and 2024, from one award in 2022 to twenty-eight in 2024, before moderating to fourteen in 2025 and six in the first ten months of 2026. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education anchors the portfolio with fifty-one awards, followed by the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service with twenty-four awards, and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services with nine awards — these three account for 98% of the district's recent award count. Only one award has an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The district operates as a prime recipient on direct Education Department grants (33% of awards) but predominantly as a sub-recipient (67% of awards) on funds passed through state education agencies and other grantor entities.