Promontory School Of Expeditionary Learning

Promontory School Of Expeditionary Learning, a state-controlled educational institution in Perry, Utah, operates as a federal grant recipient, with 87% of its recent federal funding routed through sub-awards from state and federal grant programs rather than direct prime awards. The school receives direct formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, and acts as a sub-recipient for nutrition, special education, and instructional support programs administered by the Utah State Board of Education under a range of federal grant vehicles.

The school's federal funding footprint is narrowly concentrated in education and child nutrition. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 53 sub-awards covering the National School Lunch Program (free and reduced meals), School Breakfast Program, After School Program, Child and Adult Day Care Program Meals, and Special Milk Program, flowing through the Utah State Board of Education as prime grantee. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education contributes 22 awards including Title I flow-through funds, Title II professional development funding, IDEA special education formula funds, and preschool special education funds. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services adds 11 further awards for special education and related services. Across sub-awards, the school received allocations for pandemic emergency benefits, supply chain assistance, and supporting effective instruction funding in recent fiscal years. The school holds four direct formula-grant awards from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (July 2023 through September 2027), the most recent dated July 1, 2026.

Federal funding obligated across all awards totals $1.2 million. Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to a peak of 42 awards in 2024, declining to 23 in 2025 and 4 in 2026. Only one award reaches completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure. The school does not hold federal contracts or IDVs; all federal funding originates from education and nutrition grant programs. Sub-recipient work focuses on executing federal grant programs at the school level — administering school lunch and breakfast services, managing special education services, and implementing title-funded instructional improvements — under the state education board's administrative oversight.