Lawrence County Board Of Education

Lawrence County Board of Education, operating as Lawrence County School District, is a U.S. local government entity and public school district based in Moulton, Alabama that receives federal grant funding as a direct grant recipient and sub-recipient, with no federal contracting footprint. The district operates primarily as a sub-recipient (57% of recent awards) of pass-through federal education grants flowing from the Alabama State Department of Education, alongside direct prime grant awards from the U.S. Department of Education and the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Lawrence County School District's federal grant portfolio centers on Indian Education Formula Grants and career/technical education. The district is the direct prime recipient of recurring annual Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060) from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with four awards spanning July 2022 through June 2027: $274,437 (July 2022–June 2023), $255,324 (July 2023–June 2024), $233,020 (July 2024–June 2025), $215,950 (July 2025–June 2026), and $194,678 (July 2026–June 2027). These formula grants fund culturally responsive educational programs, academic instruction, cultural programming, and professional development for American Indian and Alaska Native students in the district. The district also holds a $6.2 million Project Grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) running September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026, supporting career and technical education initiatives, technology integration, and support services for Indian and Alaska Native students and students with disabilities.

The district's sub-award activity flows almost entirely through the Alabama State Department of Education, spanning teacher quality improvement, special education, career/technical education, education for homeless children and youth, well-rounded education, and pandemic relief. Representative sub-awards include awards dated October 1, 2025 for career/technical education development, special education and related services (IDEA Part B), preschool special education (IDEA Part C), and well-rounded education funding; October 2024 sub-awards for career/technical education, rural education improvement, homeless youth education, special education, and well-rounded education; and earlier sub-awards for literacy training stipends (LETRS) and COVID-19 pandemic response funding from the State of Alabama Department of Finance (March 2023). The district also received one sub-award from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Education, which accounts for 98% of awards across its Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (40 awards), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (6 awards), and the department itself (1 award). The Appalachian Regional Commission (2 awards) and the Department of Labor (1 award) round out the active customer set. Combined dollars obligated across all 51 awards total $35.5 million. Award activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years (2 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 9 in 2024, 8 in 2025, 3 in 2026 to date), with only one award facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The district does not hold seats on federal contract vehicles, GWACs, or BPAs, and operates exclusively within the federal grant ecosystem for K–12 education.