Quitman County Board Of Education

Quitman County Board Of Education, doing business as Quitman Elementary, is a Georgia public school district that receives federal funding as a sub-recipient (99% of recent awards) under federal grant programs administered by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education, rather than competing for prime federal contracts. The entity is a U.S. local government organization structured as a county school district, located in Georgetown, Georgia.

The school district's federal footprint is dominated by child nutrition and K-12 education funding. The top customer by award count is the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, accounting for 232 of 288 recent awards and encompassing the National School Breakfast Program, the National School Lunch Program (lunch and snack components), the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and reimbursement for commercial warehouse storage and delivery of USDA food. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 33 awards including Title I-A grants (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged and School Improvement variants), Title II-A (Improving Teacher Quality), Title IV grants (Student Support and Academic Enrichment and 21st Century Community Learning Centers), Title V-B (Rural and Low-Income Schools), IDEA grants (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, including IDEA 611 Special Education Flowthrough and IDEA 619 for ages 3-5), and special education capacity building. The Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education provides three awards spanning Career and Technical Education Perkins V program variants (program improvement, professional development, plus reserve, and carryover), and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services provides eight awards. As a sub-recipient, Quitman Elementary receives these federal funds through the Georgia Department of Education as the prime grantee.

Quitman Elementary holds one prime federal grant award: an Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, dated August 13, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2032. The full scope of that project is not specified in the source pending the recipient's project narrative submission.

Activity has declined in recent years. The school district received 82 awards in 2022, 85 in 2023, 41 in 2024, 30 in 2025, and 14 awards through May 2026, reflecting a recompete or recertification cycle typical of recurring child nutrition and education formula grants. Combined dollars obligated across all 288 awards total $7.9 million, with the bulk flowing through USDA nutrition programs that distribute multiple monthly or quarterly reimbursement awards throughout each fiscal year. The sub-award structure—awards to individual schools flowing from the state education agency—is standard federal practice for K-12 entitlements and formula grants.