Nett Lake School District 707

Nett Lake School District 707, doing business as Nett Lake Elementary School, is a U.S. local government entity and school district located in Orr, Minnesota that operates as a federal grant recipient under three formula and project grant programs administered by the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district receives recurring federal education funding as a prime recipient (95% of recent awards) with minimal sub-award activity, and has accumulated $14.3 million in combined federal obligations across 64 awards since 2006.

Nett Lake Elementary School's federal grant portfolio centers on three repeating programs, all from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The largest and most recent is the Impact Aid Program under Title VII, Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041), which provides $650,335 in financial assistance running through September 30, 2031. Impact Aid eligibility applies to school districts where federally connected children—those living on federal property, including Indian lands, or with a parent employed on federal property or on active duty in the uniformed services—create an educational funding burden. The district qualifies under Section 7003 criteria, which require at least three percent or 400 eligible federally connected children in average daily attendance. The award supports educational services including general instruction, special education, English language learning, school nutrition, career and technical education, and teacher training. The district also receives recurring annual awards under the Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs program (Fiscal Year awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026) and the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (Fiscal Year awards in the same cycle). These formula grants have been awarded consistently on a July 1 fiscal-year cycle, with durations of nine to twelve months for the Indian Education and Small, Rural School awards, and multi-year project grant terms for Impact Aid awards (ranging from 2023 to 2031).

Activity has been modest and episodic—two awards in 2022, four in 2023, six in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026—reflecting the annual formula-grant rhythm and periodic project-grant awards rather than contract-based procurement. Two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The district serves a rural Native American-serving community and has received three sub-grant awards from the Minnesota Department of Education as a sub-recipient between February and May 2024, though the primary relationship is direct federal grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. All 62 of the district's education-grant awards originate from a single federal customer: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.