Lane County School District 52

Lane County School District 52, doing business as Bethel School District, is a U.S. public school district serving Eugene, Oregon that operates as a federal grant recipient (76% of awards as a sub-recipient, 24% as a prime recipient) across K–12 education, child nutrition, conservation workforce development, and community resilience initiatives. The district does not hold prime federal contracts and operates exclusively within the federal grant ecosystem.

Bethel School District's federal footprint centers on pass-through education grants administered by the Oregon Department of Education, which account for the overwhelming majority of the district's award volume. The top five customer agencies (measured by award count) cover 92% of recent awards: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (60 awards), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (23 awards), the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (20 awards), the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition (3 awards), and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington Region (2 awards). The district receives recurring formula grants and project grants passed through ODE, supplemented by direct prime awards for specialized initiatives. As a prime recipient, the district has secured a $131,322 Farm to School Grant from USDA's Child Nutrition Division (CFDA 10.575) awarded May 1, 2026 with completion on June 30, 2028, funding local food procurement, school garden development, and agricultural education integration in the Eugene area. The district also operates the Kalapuya Conservation Corps, a four-year cooperative agreement with the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington Region awarded September 19, 2025 and running through September 19, 2029, which provides paid conservation employment and workforce development for high school students in invasive species removal, riparian restoration, trail maintenance, and natural resource training in Northwest Oregon. Additional prior direct awards include Farm to School Project Grants from USDA Child Nutrition (July 22, 2024, running through June 30, 2026, and July 20, 2021, completed December 31, 2023) and recurring annual Indian Education Formula Grants from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.060) running from 2022 through 2026.

As a sub-recipient, Bethel School District receives the bulk of its federal funding through pass-through grants from the Oregon Department of Education covering Title I Basic Grants to Local Education Agencies (CFDA 84.010), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Parts B and C (CFDA 84.027, 84.173), Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (CFDA 84.367), Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants (CFDA 84.424), English Language Acquisition and Language Enhancement (CFDA 84.365), and the Child Nutrition Program Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program (CFDA 10.582). The district also receives sub-awards for the Comprehensive Literacy State Development program, ARP-ESSER funding, and local food procurement initiatives. Additional sub-recipients include the Oregon Department of Transportation (for Innovative Mobility Federal Competitive Grants in FFY 2025–2027) and the Oregon Health Authority (for School-Based Health Centers). Recent sub-award activity from March 3, 2025 includes EPA funding through Lane County Oregon to rehabilitate the former Clearlake Elementary School building as a Resilience Hub participating in the Lane Transformation for Resiliency through Equity & Engagement (TREE) Network.

Total federal dollars obligated across all awards reach $50.8 million over the source window, with recent activity relatively flat at 11 awards (2022), 21 (2023), 18 (2024), 20 (2025), and 5 to date in 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The district's federal engagement remains concentrated in K–12 education entitlements and child nutrition, with emerging focus on conservation workforce development and community resilience infrastructure.