Kulm School District 7

Kulm School District 7, doing business as Kulm Public School, is a U.S. local government school district in Kulm, North Dakota that operates as a recipient of federal educational and nutrition grants, with 83% of recent awards received as a sub-recipient through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction rather than as a direct prime recipient.

The district's federal footprint centers on two distinct grant streams. As a prime recipient, Kulm Public School holds recurring direct awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, a formula grant from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards on July 1 of each year from 2022 through 2026 and ultimate completion dates in the September-following period. As a sub-recipient, the district receives the vast majority of its federal funding — 69 of 83 total awards — through pass-through grants administered by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, flowing from two federal grantor agencies: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (57 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (22 awards). The Food and Nutrition Service sub-awards cover the National School Lunch Program (Free and Reduced-Price, Paid, and entitlements), the School Breakfast Program, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and related child nutrition assistance. The Education sub-awards include Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, IDEA Preschool programs, Adult Education, and ESSER II family engagement funding. One sub-award dated October 30, 2024 from an unnamed federal agency addresses enhancement of local government capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks.

Activity has grown from three awards in 2022 to twenty-five in 2026, driven by the recurring monthly or quarterly distributions of child nutrition funding. Combined dollars obligated across all recorded awards total $490 thousand, reflecting the formula-grant and pass-through structure of the work. The district serves five distinct customer agencies in practice, but the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and the Department of Education dominate volume, accounting for 99% of recorded awards. Only one award (the Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant with ultimate completion on September 30, 2027) falls outside the next twenty-four-month recompete window, meaning the balance of the district's active grant portfolio involves annual or rolling renewals characteristic of federal K-12 educational assistance and child nutrition programs.