Sebago Public Schools

Sebago Public Schools, doing business as Sebago Elementary School, is a U.S. local government school district located in Sebago, Maine that receives federal education and nutrition funding as a grant recipient (90% of recent awards) and sub-recipient, with no federal contracts or contract primes in its portfolio. The district operates exclusively under pass-through grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, channeled primarily through the Maine Department of Education.

The district's federal footprint is dominated by nutrition and special education sub-grants. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 33 of 49 total awards, funding school lunch programs and local food procurement initiatives to provide nutritious meals to school children. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education provides 13 awards, principally through the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (SRSAP) formula grant, which Sebago receives as a direct prime recipient on an annual cycle running July through September each fiscal year. The district also receives sub-awards from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the Agricultural Marketing Service. Recent sub-grant work includes special education services for children ages birth to twenty, Title I grants targeting high-poverty schools and teacher quality improvement, programs supporting well-rounded education access, COVID-19 pandemic response funding, and local agricultural procurement to support small businesses and socially disadvantaged farmers supplying school meals.

Activity has concentrated heavily in 2024, when the district received 30 awards (of 49 total), followed by a sharp drop to 7 awards in 2025 and 2 awards in 2026 year-to-date. This trajectory reflects the structure of SRSAP and nutrition program funding cycles rather than declining demand; the district holds five prime awards across the past five years, all SRSAP formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with the most recent awarded July 1, 2026 and completing September 30, 2027. The combined dollars obligated across all awards total $562 thousand, a modest magnitude reflecting the school district's size and rural status. Sub-grant awards flow entirely through the Maine Department of Education as the prime grantee, with Sebago serving as a local educational agency implementing federal education and nutrition policy. Only one award reaches ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in the immediate window.