Laguna Elementary School

Laguna Elementary School, a federally recognized Indian tribe educational institution located in New Laguna, New Mexico, receives federal formula grants and sub-awards as a tribal minority institution rather than as a federal contractor. The school operates as a child entity under the Laguna Department of Education and receives the vast majority of its federal funding through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education's Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs program.

Laguna Elementary has received six prime formula grant awards totaling $773 thousand across all federal sources since 2022, with annual allocations from the Indian Education Formula Grants program awarded each July 1st for the following fiscal year. The school's most recent prime award dates to July 1, 2026 (for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027), continuing an unbroken sequence of annual formula grants under the same program. The school also receives sub-awards routed through the State of New Mexico Public Education Department, including reimbursement claims submitted for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program covering October 2025 through June 2026 (awarded October 1, 2025) and July through September 2025 (awarded July 1, 2025). These sub-awards carry administrative data-reporting caveats from the state regarding verification of budget figures and action dates in New Mexico's accounting system.

Federal funding concentrates with two agencies: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education funds six awards (all Indian Education Formula Grants), and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service funds two awards (school meal program reimbursement claims). The Indian Education Formula Grants program dominates the footprint, with five consecutive annual allocations between 2022 and 2026. Within the next twenty-four months, one award (the July 1, 2026 Indian Education Formula Grant, completing June 30, 2027) faces recompete timing. No federal contracts, contract vehicles, or Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity arrangements appear in the school's award history. As a tribal educational institution rather than a commercial vendor, Laguna Elementary School operates outside the typical federal contractor set-aside universe; its federal relationship consists entirely of formula grant distributions and pass-through funding allocations from state education administrations.