Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy School Committee

Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy School Committee, a tribally owned educational institution and federally recognized Indian tribe entity, operates as a prime recipient and sub-recipient of federal education and nutrition grants administered by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The school committee is a child entity of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and serves K-12 students within the Passamaquoddy community in Calais, Maine.

The school committee's federal footprint concentrates heavily on education and child nutrition programming. The two largest funding sources account for 98% of recent awards: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (50 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (39 awards), with the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (7 awards), the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education (3 awards), and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Region (2 awards) completing the active customer set. As a prime recipient, the school committee holds a $1,208,659 Impact Aid Program award (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7003) from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, spanning October 2025 through September 2031, which compensates for lost local property tax revenue due to federal lands within the school district's jurisdiction. The school committee also receives annual Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; recent awards were issued on July 1, 2026 (period of performance through June 30, 2027) and July 1, 2025 (completed June 30, 2026). As a sub-recipient through the Maine Department of Education, the school committee receives pass-through funding for the National School Lunch Program, National School Breakfast Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B grants, and IDEA Part C Preschool grants. Sub-recipient awards span nutrition and special education services from 2023 forward, with the most recent food service sub-awards dated July 21, 2026.

The school committee's award volume has accelerated sharply: one award in 2022, fourteen in 2023, and thirty-eight in 2024, before moderating to nine in 2025 and three in 2026 (reflecting mid-year reporting). The combined dollars obligated across all prime and sub awards total $44.9 million over the source-visible period. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, placing minimal recompete pressure on the current portfolio. The split between prime and sub-recipient work runs roughly even: 46% prime awards (federal grants directly to the school committee) and 54% sub-recipient awards (primarily nutrition and special education flow-through funding from Maine Department of Education). The school committee operates within a tribal governance structure as a subsidiary of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, positioning it to access federal Indian education and tribal education set-asides.