North Clackamas School District

North Clackamas School District 12, a public K-12 school district based in Milwaukie, Oregon, operates as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient in the K-12 education space, with no prime contracting footprint. The district functions almost entirely as a sub-recipient (92% of its 114 recent awards) flowing federal education funding through the Oregon Department of Education and other state and research entities, rather than as an independent federal grantee or contractor.

The district's federal footprint centers on education formula grants and categorical programs from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE). As a prime recipient, North Clackamas holds Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (CFDA 84.060) awarded directly by OESE on an annual cycle: fiscal year 2022 through fiscal year 2027, with each year's grant running July 1 through June 30. As a sub-recipient, the district receives the vast majority of its federal funding through pass-through awards from the Oregon Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, the University of Kansas Center for Research, and Clackamas County. The sub-recipient portfolio spans special education programs (IDEA Part B 611 and 619), Title I basic grants, English Language Acquisition grants, Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants, the 21st Century Learning Centers Program, the Child Nutrition Program's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable component, and pandemic-relief funding through American Rescue Plan Act Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER) allocations. Representative recent sub-awards include English Language Acquisition and Title I Part A/D Basic Grants to LEAs from the Oregon Department of Education (multiple awards from August 2026), a Fresh Fruit and Vegetable CNP sub-award from the Oregon Department of Education (October 2025), and a research partnership sub-award from the University of Kansas Center for Research for the RAISE instructional practice study, under which the district provides SWIFT access, personnel time, and secondary student-outcome data to support a four-year efficacy study across 18 elementary schools (awarded October 2028 and December 2023).

Customer concentration is narrow and reflects the K-12 education funding structure. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 70 awards across the recent portfolio, with the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services adding 18 awards and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service contributing 15 awards — together accounting for 96% of the district's award count. The Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition and Institute of Education Sciences round out the customer set. Dollar obligations total $77.9 million across all awards since 2011. Activity has fluctuated modestly — peaks of 22 awards in 2023 and 20 in 2024, declining to 14 by 2026 — reflecting the federal grant cycle's rhythm and district eligibility for successive program years. Only one award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete cliff exposure in the near term. The district's role is fundamentally that of a K-12 operator deploying federal dollars for teacher training, English learner services, special education, afterschool programming, and school nutrition initiatives rather than that of a federal contractor or service provider.