Scott Valley Unified School

Scott Valley Unified School District, a local government school district entity headquartered in Fort Jones, California, is a recipient of federal education and nutrition grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and subordinate federal agencies, operating as a prime recipient on direct awards and as a sub-recipient on pass-through grants from the state of California. The district does not hold federal contracts and competes only in federal grant programs; it is not an SBA-designated business entity.

The district's federal funding footprint concentrates entirely on K-12 education and child nutrition programs. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 54 of 63 total awards (97% of award count), funding three primary grant programs: the Impact Aid Program Title VII Section 7003, which replaces lost local property tax revenue when federally connected children and their families reduce the local tax base; the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060); and the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA 84.165). Scott Valley Unified qualifies for Impact Aid under Section 7003 because the presence of federally connected children—those living on federal property or with parents employed on federal property or on active duty in the uniformed services—represents at least three percent of average daily attendance. Recent Impact Aid awards include a $164,878 project grant dated October 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2031, which funds general instruction, special education, English language learning, school nutrition, career and technical education, teacher training, technology integration, and supplemental academic initiatives. Indian Education Formula Grants and Small, Rural School Achievement Program awards recur annually on July 1 and run through June 30 or September 30. The district also receives sub-awards from the Department of Education California and the Department of Social Services California for child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program and National School Breakfast Program (USDA Food and Nutrition Service pass-through), and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (state-federal nutrition reimbursement). A small volume of sub-awards funds Title I academic achievement, English language acquisition, teacher quality improvement, and COVID-19 pandemic response activities routed through state intermediaries.

Award volume has grown modestly—four awards annually in 2022 and 2023 to ten in 2026—with combined potential value listed at $8 thousand, though combined dollars obligated reach $3.4 million, indicating that source-reported potential values are incomplete or formula-grant mechanics render published values immaterial. Two awards complete within the next twenty-four months. As a local government entity, Scott Valley Unified does not operate as a federal contractor and does not bid on competitive procurements; its federal relationship is entirely grant-recipient, making it outside the scope of vendor competitive intelligence for federal contractors but potentially relevant to education-sector pass-through grant analysis and rural school district funding tracking.