Lefors Independent School District

Lefors Independent School District, a public school district based in Lefors, Texas, is a federal grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, receiving formula grants and sub-awards for K–12 education improvement and rural school achievement rather than bidding for federal contracts as a vendor. The district operates exclusively as a prime recipient of federal grants (59% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient of pass-through grants from the Texas Education Agency (41% of awards), with no federal contract vehicle participation and no prime contracting history.

Lefors ISD's federal footprint centers on two grant programs. The district has been a direct recipient of the Small, Rural School Achievement Program under OESE since at least 2022, with annual formula grants awarded July 1 each year; the most recent cycle (July 1, 2026) runs through September 30, 2027. Additionally, Lefors ISD receives sub-awards from the Texas Education Agency under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA), which provides supplemental funding to support students from low-income families in meeting state academic standards. The district also participates in the SFI School Improvement PLC program, a targeted technical assistance initiative that funds professional learning communities for high-fidelity implementation of Texas open education resources in Title I and Federally Identified campuses. Sub-award activity shows recurring Title I, Part A awards from TEA (most recently August 2026), with amended awards documented as recently as May 2025.

Activity has remained flat: three awards per year in 2022, 2023, and 2024, increasing modestly to four in 2025 and two in 2026 to date. All 34 awards across the source data period flow from a single customer agency — the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education — creating complete customer concentration. The district has obligated $1.5 million across all awards in the source data. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Lefors ISD operates as an eligible recipient under rural-school entitlements rather than as a competitive federal vendor; its federal funding relationship is statutory and formula-driven rather than acquisition-based.