Meridian Public School District

Meridian Public School District, a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Meridian, Mississippi, receives federal education and nutrition grant funding from the Department of Education and Department of Agriculture as a sub-recipient (71% of recent awards). The district holds one small prime contract — a $10,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from Navy Installations Command on March 25, 2026, to provide bus transportation for patrons of the Wings Over Meridian 2026 Air Show — but operates primarily as a recipient of federal project grants and a sub-recipient of pass-through grants distributed through state education agencies.

The district's federal portfolio centers on education and child nutrition programming. As a prime grant recipient, Meridian has received five Impact Aid Program grants (Title VII, Section 7003) from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards spanning 2021 through 2025 and ultimate completion dates running through September 2031. The district receives the bulk of its federal resources as a sub-recipient of grants administered by the Mississippi Department of Education, which passes through Title I Part A Basic Grants, Title II Part A Supporting Effective Instruction, Title IV Student Support and Academic Enrichment, Title V Rural and Low-Income Schools, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B grants, and Preschool grants. The district also receives Child Nutrition Program funding (CNP-Block and CNP-CIL allocations) distributed through the Mississippi Department of Education and supported by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. In 2024, Meridian received one sub-grant from Mississippi State University tied to GEAR UP Mississippi (federal college access programming).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward education. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service account for 99% of the 73 recent awards (31 and 29 awards respectively), with the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services contributing 10 awards for special education grants. Activity has grown sharply — one award in 2021 to 32 in 2024 — though the source reports a combined potential value of only $10,000 across all 73 awards, reflecting that the great majority of the district's federal receipts are obligated grant dollars ($29.7 million) rather than ceiling values on new procurements. The district does not hold IDIQs, BPAs, or parent vehicle seats and operates as a direct grant recipient and sub-recipient within federal K–12 education and child nutrition program structures rather than as a federal contractor or procurement entity.