Minnesota Department Of Education

Minnesota Department Of Education, doing business as Financial Reporting, is a U.S. state government entity that functions as a federal grant recipient, administering formula and project grants from the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture, and other federal agencies to support K-12 education, special education, school nutrition, and related programs across Minnesota. The organization operates almost exclusively as a prime recipient (97% of awards) rather than as a contractor or subcontractor; it does not hold federal contracts as a prime awardee on IDIQs, GWACs, or other contract vehicles. One exception is a $2.79 million firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences on April 1, 2025, for Minnesota's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) State Coordinator role, running through March 31, 2035, which involves recruiting and training assessment administrators and ensuring proper assessment administration protocols.

The bulk of Minnesota Department Of Education's federal footprint consists of formula grants distributed to local educational agencies, school districts, and community organizations throughout the state. The organization receives funding primarily from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, as well as significant allocations from the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service for child nutrition programs. Recent grant awards include $76.76 million under Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.010) awarded July 1, 2026; $79.82 million under the Special Education Grants to States program (CFDA 84.027) for services to children with disabilities aged three through twenty-one; $13.16 million under the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants program (CFDA 84.424) to improve student achievement; $10.36 million under the English Language Acquisition State Grants program (CFDA 84.365) to support English learners and immigrant children; and $267.54 million under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555) awarded October 1, 2025. The organization also administers grants for special education services for infants and toddlers, preschool special education, assessments and related activities, rural education, homeless children and youth, migrant education, and twenty-first century community learning centers. Child nutrition grants from the Department of Agriculture include substantial awards for meal reimbursement, child and adult care food program administration, summer EBT administration, fresh fruit and vegetable programs, and state administrative expenses.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Education, which accounts for the plurality of awards across its constituent offices. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education leads with 251 awards; the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services follows with 77 awards. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service represents 182 combined awards across its divisions. All identified customer agencies are federal funding sources; Minnesota Department Of Education serves as the state-level pass-through entity distributing these federal allocations to eligible sub-recipients, primarily local school districts, charter schools, community organizations, and educational service providers. The only award with a specified potential value is the IES NAEP contract at $2.79 million; the remaining 643 awards reflect obligated formula grant funding totaling $18.56 billion, reflecting the scale of federal education and nutrition programming the state administers.

Minnesota Department Of Education also acts as a sub-recipient on federal grants administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, receiving sub-awards related to child care administration and development, refugee social services, and SNAP benefits administration, with the most recent sub-award dated July 21, 2026, from Shelburne Farms regarding the Minnesota Farm to School Institute. Place of performance for the organization's federal work is centered in Lauderdale, Minnesota, though educational services funded by these grants are delivered statewide across Minnesota's K-12 landscape. Twenty-eight awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore represent recompete or renewal activity for the state. The organization's federal role is fundamentally administrative and programmatic at the state level, serving as the authorized state education agency and state administering agency for federal education and nutrition programs rather than a vendor competing for federal services contracts.