Unified School Dist 226

Unified School Dist 226 (Meade USD 226), a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Meade, Kansas, acts as a prime recipient of federal education grants from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and as a sub-recipient of federal education and nutrition funding passed through the Kansas State Department of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts or seats on contract vehicles; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based and serves the district's K-12 educational mission in rural Kansas.

Meade USD 226 receives direct formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, with five consecutive annual awards documented from July 2022 through July 2026, each running through the following September 30 completion date. The district also receives block grants and Title I Low Income sub-awards flowing from the Kansas State Department of Education as the pass-through entity for federal education funds. Block Grant sub-awards span the entire period from July 2022 through July 2026, with Title I Low Income funding documented in July 2023, July 2024, and October 2025. Recent sub-award activity shows nine block grants awarded between February and July 2026 alone, reflecting ongoing federal K-12 education funding flowing to the district throughout fiscal 2026.

The district's federal customer base is narrowly concentrated: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service account for 100% of the 54 awards in the source data, split evenly between the two agencies. However, the award split reflects the structure of federal education funding — the 20 prime awards (37% of total) are Small, Rural School Achievement Program grants directly from Education, while the 34 sub-awards (63% of total) are block grants and Title I allocations passed through Kansas State as the state education agency. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.7 million. Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a stable, recurring funding stream with minimal near-term recompete exposure.

Meade USD 226 does not engage federal contractors or vendors as subcontractors, nor does it compete for federal contracts or seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles. The district's sole federal interface is as an education grant recipient managing K-12 operations, school achievement programming, and low-income student support in a rural Kansas setting.