Laverne Public Schools

Laverne Public Schools, a public school district headquartered in Laverne, Oklahoma, operates as a federal grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, delivering K–12 education services funded through formula grants and sub-recipient awards from the Oklahoma Department of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and competes exclusively in the grant space, not under set-aside categories.

Laverne Public Schools is a U.S. local government entity and educational institution designated as a Hispanic Servicing Institution. The district's federal footprint centers on two customer agencies: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (23 awards, 92% of recent activity) and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (2 awards). The Education office awards constitute the bulk of the district's federal engagement, split between prime grant receipts and sub-recipient awards flowing through the Oklahoma Department of Education.

As a prime grant recipient, Laverne Public Schools has received five consecutive annual formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA 84.358 equivalent framing) from the Department of Education, with awards dated July 1 in each of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, carrying ultimate completion dates running through September 30, 2027. In its sub-recipient capacity, the district receives pass-through funding from the Oklahoma Department of Education for school meal reimbursement under the Child Nutrition Program (a Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service mechanism routed through state administration), for Title IV Part A grants supporting the Oklahoma Champions of Excellence Initiative, and for Title II teacher quality and professional development grants focused on highly qualified teacher recruitment and training grounded in scientifically-based research practices. One additional sub-award addresses Title I Part A funding for improving educational opportunity and student academic achievement against state standards.

The district's federal activity has remained modest and sporadic — one award each in 2022 and 2023, four in 2024, and two each in 2025 and 2026 — with one award (combined potential value undisclosed in the source) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Combined dollars obligated across the entire award portfolio stand at $1.2 million. Laverne Public Schools operates solely as a grant recipient; it does not function as a subcontractor to prime contractors or as a holder of federal contract vehicles.