Plainville Unified School District 270

Plainville Unified School District 270, a U.S. local government school district based in Plainville, Kansas, receives federal grant funding as a recipient and sub-recipient of elementary and secondary education assistance from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with no federal contracting footprint.

Plainville operates as a sub-recipient (68% of recent awards) and prime recipient (32%) under federal grant programs administered through the Kansas State Department of Education and direct awards from federal grantor agencies. The district's federal grant work centers on K-12 education support, including the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and block grants for rural school operations. Recent prime grants include recurring annual allocations from the Small, Rural School Achievement Program running from fiscal years 2022 through 2027, with awards dated July 1 of each year and completion dates set for September 30 of the following year. Sub-grant work flows primarily through Kansas State Department of Education as the pass-through entity, carrying block grants and Title I Low Income funding streams throughout 2022 to present.

Customer concentration is narrow and stable. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service anchors 37 awards; the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education carries 25 awards; the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service rounds out the portfolio with 1 award. Combined obligated dollars across all sixty-three awards total $2 million, reflecting the formula-grant and block-grant structure typical of rural school districts receiving federal educational assistance. Activity has accelerated in recent years — two to three awards annually in 2022 and 2023 rising to thirteen in 2024, twelve in 2025, and sixteen in 2026 to date — though the increase reflects multi-year grant tranches and sub-award distributions rather than new program enrollment. One award faces completion within the next twenty-four months; the remainder carry longer-term grant cycles running through 2027 and beyond.