Kyrene Elementary School District NO. 28

Kyrene Elementary School District NO. 28, a local educational agency in Tempe, Arizona, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient under the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060) and acts as a sub-recipient of pass-through funding from the Arizona Department of Education under multiple federal education programs. The district does not hold federal contracts and does not serve as a federal contractor; its federal relationship is entirely grant-based.

Kyrene operates as a public school district with a federal grant footprint concentrated almost entirely in K–12 education programming. The district is the prime recipient of formula grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to support comprehensive educational services addressing the unique academic and culturally related needs of Native American students enrolled in the district. Kyrene received direct Indian Education formula grants totaling $209,331 (award date July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027), $215,486 (July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026), $207,900 (July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025), $230,910 (July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024), and $219,278 (July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023). These awards fund culturally responsive academic instruction, professional development for educators, student support services, and programming designed to help Native American students meet state academic standards while preserving cultural heritage.

The district also receives substantial pass-through sub-award funding from the Arizona Department of Education under federal programs including IDEA Basic (Section 611 subgrants for students with disabilities), IDEA Preschool (Section 619 subgrants), Title I (academic intervention and support services), Title II (teacher quality and professional development), Title III (English Language Acquisition), and Title IV-A (Student Support & Academic Enrichment). Representative sub-award activity includes the Kyrene Integrated Preschool Program, which provides early childhood education to typically developing children and children with developmental delays in mixed classrooms with low student-to-teacher ratios, and district-wide professional growth and development programming designed to build educator capacity across administrators, teachers, and education support professionals to serve diverse student populations. Sub-awards from Arizona Department of Education span dates from June 2022 through July 2026.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 32 of 50 total awards (64%), with the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services adding 9 awards (18%). The top five customer agencies cover 92% of awards. Combined dollars obligated across all federal sources total $38.6 million. The district's award activity has grown from two awards in 2022 to eleven in 2024, with six awards in 2025 and six awards in the first three months of 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure.