ORD Public Schools

ORD Public Schools, a state-controlled educational institution headquartered in Ord, Nebraska, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering K–12 education services under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and receives sub-grant funds for Title I and special education programming. ORD Public Schools is a public entity with no federal contracting footprint; all activity is grant-based and flows through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, with the majority of funding received as a sub-recipient from the Department of Education Nebraska.

ORD Public Schools' federal grant portfolio is heavily concentrated in education formula grants and pass-through allocations routed through Nebraska's state education department. As a prime recipient, the school district holds five Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded on an annual cycle (awards dated July 1 in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with completion dates in September of the following year). As a sub-recipient, the district has received 35 sub-awards since 2021, predominantly Title I basic grants to local education agencies, special education grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and block-grant allocations from the Department of Education Nebraska. The sub-award sequence shows monthly distributions of block grants and periodic IDEA allocations (including State Grant-B 611, Part B Base EP, Nonpublic, and Coordinated Early Intervening Services components), with the most recent sub-awards dated in August 2026 for special education and IDEA supplements. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 25 of the 54 recorded awards in the source data, reflecting child nutrition program funding.

Activity has accelerated in recent years, rising from one award in 2022 to 14 in 2024 and 15 in 2025, though the volume of 2026 awards captured in the source (seven) reflects a partial-year snapshot. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the near term. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.8 million. The district operates exclusively as a prime recipient or sub-recipient; there is no record of contracting activity, vendor relationships, or service delivery to federal agencies outside the education and nutrition funding streams it receives directly.