Palo Verde Elementary School

Palo Verde Elementary School, a local government school district in Buckeye, Arizona, is a federal grant recipient receiving annual formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, with sub-grant awards from the Arizona Department of Education and the Executive Office of State of Arizona for K–12 instruction, special education services, and student support programs.

Palo Verde Elementary School District NO. 49 is a public school district classified as a U.S. local government entity. The district holds no federal contracts and does not operate as a prime contractor or subcontractor on any federal procurement vehicles. Its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, spanning thirty awards since 2007 with $2.5 million in combined obligated dollars across prime and sub-grant activity. The district acts as a prime recipient on five consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Department of Education (awarded July 1 each year from 2022 through 2026, with completions running through September 30 of the following year). The district also receives ten sub-grant awards, predominantly routed through the Arizona Department of Education as the prime grantee, covering Title I instruction programs, special education services under IDEA Basic and IDEA Section 611, speech therapy for preschool students with disabilities, and reading and math paraprofessional support to reduce achievement gaps. One additional sub-grant award comes from the Executive Office of State of Arizona for summer enrichment programming in 2023.

Customer concentration is narrow and static. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 25 of 30 awards (83% of the footprint), the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for 3 awards, and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service for 2 awards. The district does not compete for federal contracts and carries no seat on any GSA, agency, or other federal procurement vehicles. Activity has been episodic — one award in 2022, three in 2023, five in 2024, four in 2025, and two in 2026 — with only one award (a Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant currently completing September 30, 2025) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The district's federal role is limited to direct receipt of formula grant funding and sub-receipt of pass-through education grants from Arizona's state education agency, with no procurement, contracting, or vendor-management function in the federal footprint.