Reagan County Independent School District

Reagan County Independent School District, a public school district located in Big Lake, Texas, receives federal education funding primarily as a sub-recipient under Department of Education grants, with a smaller direct-grant footprint as a prime recipient. The district does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively within federal grant programs administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Reagan County ISD's federal funding posture is heavily weighted toward pass-through grants from the Texas Education Agency, which serves as the prime grantee for the vast majority of the district's awards. The district's customer concentration is narrow: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services account for 95% of recent awards across 41 of 44 total awards. The district holds four direct prime grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grants with awards dates of July 1 in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with ultimate completion dates running through September 30, 2027), representing 39% of its award count. The remaining 61% of awards—27 sub-awards—flow through the Texas Education Agency as the administering prime grantee.

The district's sub-award portfolio spans multiple federal education programs. Title I, Part A funding (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) for supplemental instruction in schools serving high concentrations of low-income students recurs as the largest line item, with multiple sub-awards dating from 2022 through 2026. IDEA-B Formula funding for special education and related services to students with disabilities ages 3 through 21 appears in at least six sub-awards between 2022 and 2026. Title II, Part A funding for teacher and principal quality improvement has funded two sub-awards (March 2024). The district also received sub-awards for Strong Foundations Implementation (Texas open education resource instructional materials and professional learning support) in June 2025 and for instructional leadership pathway coaching and training in April 2025. One sub-award for Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Supports (TCLAS) was awarded in November 2021 with an amendment as of February 2024.

Combined dollars obligated across all 44 awards total $4.5 million. Activity has remained relatively flat, with four to seven awards per year over the past five years. Only one award is scheduled to reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in that window. The district does not function as a federal contractor or subcontractor in the commercial sense; it operates as a direct recipient of federal K–12 education entitlements and formula grants, and as a sub-recipient of state-administered federal education funds.