Linton Public School District 36

Linton Public School District 36, a tax-exempt public school district headquartered in Linton, North Dakota, operates as a federal grant recipient, receiving education funding directly from the U.S. Department of Education and functioning as a sub-recipient under federal nutrition and education programs administered by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The district does not serve as a prime contractor or hold seats on federal contract vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based.

The district's federal funding portfolio is dominated by nutrition assistance and education formula grants. Linton Public School acts as a prime recipient for Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards dated July 1, 2026 (completion September 30, 2027) and July 1, 2025 (completion September 30, 2026). The district functions overwhelmingly as a sub-recipient under federal pass-through funding routed via the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, managing recurring monthly or periodic distributions for National School Lunch Program (NSLP) paid meals, NSLP Free and Reduced meals, School Breakfast Program (SBP), Title I commingled education funds, Child and Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) continuation funding, Child Nutrition (CN) block grants, ESSER III administrative cost sharing, and school safety improvements. Recent sub-award activity shows 75 awards (89% of the district's total footprint), with the majority flowing from USDA Food and Nutrition Service and the Department of Education, reflecting the statutory pass-through design of federal nutrition and elementary-secondary education assistance.

Customer concentration is acute: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 66 awards and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for 17 awards, representing 99% of the district's award count. Combined dollars obligated across all 84 awards total $645 thousand, indicating modest per-award magnitudes typical of sub-recipient school nutrition and Title I distributions. Activity has grown since 2019, with nineteen awards in 2023, eighteen in 2024, twenty-two in 2025, and twenty in 2026 to date. The recompete cliff contains only one award with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, reflecting the recurring, annual nature of nutrition and education formula funding flows. The district operates no federal contracts, holds no seats on GWACs or agency IDIQs, and engages in no prime contracting work.