Labette County Unified School District 506

Labette County Unified School District 506, doing business as Board Of Education, is a Kansas school district recipient of federal education and nutrition grants, operating as a sub-recipient on 78% of its recent awards and as a prime grant recipient on 22%. The district is a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Altamont, Kansas, with no federal prime contracting activity but substantial federal grant exposure rooted in K–12 education, child nutrition, and workforce-development funding streams.

The district's federal footprint is dominated by sub-awards from state pass-through grantees. The Kansas State Department of Education is the overwhelming prime grantee, distributing Title I Low Income, Title II-A (teacher quality), Title IV-A (student support), National School Lunch Program Child and Adult Care Food Program (NSLP CIL), 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), and general block-grant funds to the district. The district also receives sub-awards from the Kansas Department for Children and Families, which distributes Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds through KSDE for Kansas Pre-School Pilot services, and from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for diesel-emission reduction reimbursements on school bus fleet purchases (up to 25% of total cost, with service periods spanning February 2024 through September 2026). As prime recipient, the district holds direct formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs, awarded annually from July 2022 through June 2027.

Customer concentration tracks tightly to K–12 federal funding. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 57 awards (55% coverage), the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for 37 awards (36% coverage), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families for 3 awards, together representing 97% of all awards. The EPA Region 7 and USDA Rural Utilities Service each contributed one award. Dollar concentration aligns with volume: roughly $13 million in combined dollars obligated across 103 total awards suggests sub-award values averaging under $200 thousand, typical for K–12 nutrition and Title I pass-throughs.

Activity has accelerated in the past two years — five awards in 2022 and 2023 each, 22 in 2024, 24 in 2025, and 25 in 2026 — reflecting the district's increasing draw on state and federal grant distribution channels. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The district's federal role is that of operational recipient managing federal resources for school operations, meal programs, teacher professional development, and student support services within Labette County, Kansas, rather than a vendor selling goods or services to federal agencies.