Motley County ISD

Motley County ISD, a public school district headquartered in Matador, Texas, receives federal education funding as a grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, operating in a sub-recipient role (65% of recent awards) under pass-through grants from the Texas Education Agency.

Motley County ISD's federal footprint is narrow and focused on special education and Title I support. The district serves two distinct customer agencies within the Department of Education: the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (26 awards) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (14 awards), accounting for 100% of recent activity. As a prime recipient, the district holds five Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants awarded directly by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with annual cycles running from July through September completion (most recent prime award: July 1, 2026, completing September 30, 2027). The bulk of the district's federal work flows through sub-awards from the Texas Education Agency, which passes through Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B (IDEA-B) funding for students ages three through twenty-one, IDEA-B Preschool funding for ages three through five, and Title I, Part A supplemental education funding for low-income students. Recent sub-awards include multiple IDEA-B Formula and Title I, Part A allocations issued between July 2022 and August 2026, with amendments reflecting mid-year adjustments to enrollment-based allocations.

The district's total federal obligated dollars across all awards stand at $3 million, spread across forty awards since 2007. Activity remains steady at five to seven awards annually over the past five years, with only one award completing within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure. The district does not compete for or hold federal contracts; its revenue relationship with the federal government is entirely grant-based, flowing through state intermediaries or direct Department of Education formula distributions to support special education services and Title I programming for economically disadvantaged students.