Marana Unified School District

Marana Unified School District, a not-for-profit public school district headquartered in Marana, Arizona, operates as a sub-recipient on federal education grants distributed through the Arizona Department of Education and the Executive Office of State of Arizona, with limited prime grant activity. The district does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, spanning 55 awards (82% sub-awards, 18% prime awards) obligating $47.2 million across five distinct customer agencies over the past several years.

The district's customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 36 awards (65% of the portfolio) under Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (Local Education Agencies). The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services follows with 9 awards, and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, the Office of English Language Acquisition, and the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration account for the remaining portfolio share. Together, these top five customers represent 91% of all awards. As a sub-recipient, Marana receives the vast majority of its funding (82% of awards) through pass-through grants from the Arizona Department of Education, which serves as the prime grantee. The Indian Education Formula Grants constitute the largest recurring funding stream, with five consecutive annual prime grants awarded July 1, 2022 through July 1, 2026, each running through June 30 of the following year.

The district's work encompasses K–12 instructional programming and professional development. Recent sub-grant work includes running programs under Title I (Elementary and Secondary Education Act), Title II (Improving Teacher Quality), Title III (English Language Acquisition), Title IV (Student Support and Academic Enrichment), IDEA Basic (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), IDEA Preschool, the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers Grant, and ESSER III (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief). Representative sub-awards include Title I programs managed through the Arizona Department of Education (multiple awards spanning 2023–2026), instructional-coach professional development to support teachers in evidence-based practice and induction models (awarded July 1, 2024), and ESSER III recovery programming (awarded July 3, 2024). The district also received a sub-grant from the Executive Office of State of Arizona for Summer Enrichment Programming in 2023.

Activity has grown from two awards in 2022 to fifteen awards in both 2024 and 2025, with the most recent awards granted July 1, 2026. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district's grant footprint aligns with federal K–12 education support programs; no private federal contractor relationships, teaming arrangements, or subcontracts to commercial vendors appear in the source data.