Independent School District 3

Independent School District 3, operating as Mannford Public Schools and based in Mannford, Oklahoma, is a U.S. local government school district entity that receives federal educational grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prime recipient and participates in federal nutrition reimbursement programs as a sub-recipient through the Oklahoma Department of Education.

Mannford Public Schools operates exclusively in the federal grant space, with no contract prime or sub work. As a prime recipient, the district holds ten federal grants totaling $4.4 million obligated across 39 awards in recent years. These grants consist of two recurring formula award streams: Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (Local Education Agencies), awarded annually each July with one-year performance periods, and Impact Aid Program awards under Title VII, Section 7002, which Mannford has received as project grants with multi-year performance periods ranging from three to six years. The most recent Indian Education Formula Grant carries an award date of July 1, 2026 with a completion date of June 30, 2027. Mannford also received an Impact Aid award on October 1, 2025 with a completion date of September 30, 2031, and prior Impact Aid awards from February 22, 2023 (completing September 30, 2028), November 22, 2023 (completing September 30, 2029), and December 16, 2024 (completing September 30, 2030).

In its sub-recipient capacity, Mannford participates in seventeen federal nutrition and education funding flows passed through the Oklahoma Department of Education. The majority of sub-awards provide reimbursement for nutritionally adequate meals through the National School Lunch Program, with sub-awards dated throughout 2023 through 2026. The district also received sub-awards for the Oklahoma Champions of Excellence Initiative (Title IV, Part A student support funding) and Title I, Part A education services. All sub-awards flow from the state education agency as the prime grantee.

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 100% of Mannford's award count across the prime Indian Education and Impact Aid programs and the state-passed sub-awards. Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a mature, stable federal grant footprint with minimal near-term recompete activity. Award frequency has fluctuated—two awards in 2022, five in 2023, thirteen in 2024, five in 2025, and two in 2026—reflecting the staggered timing of annual formula disbursements and multi-year project grant cycles.