Seeley Union School District

Seeley Union School District, a rural California K–12 school district, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service to support classroom operations, student enrichment, facility improvements, and rural school achievement. The district operates as a U.S. government entity (public school system) with no federal contracting role; its federal footprint consists entirely of formula grants and project grants to which it is the named recipient, plus pass-through sub-awards from California state education and social services agencies.

Seeley Union School District's federal funding is concentrated in two programs representing 96% of recent awards. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded 41 grants split between the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grants) and the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 (project grants for schools impacted by federal land ownership or activities). Representative awards include a $112,500 Persistent Poverty Community Facilities Grant from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.766) dated September 16, 2022, running through September 16, 2024, for expansion and renovation of school facilities to serve rural students. The Small, Rural School Achievement Program has issued recurring formula grants in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026, completing September 30, 2027. The Impact Aid Program has issued project grants with multi-year completion windows — awards from October 2023, December 2024, and October 2025 carry completion dates stretching through 2029, 2030, and 2031 respectively. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 6 awards, primarily sub-awards from the California Department of Education and Department of Social Services for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Child and Adult Food Care Program.

The district's activity profile shows modest growth in recent years: three awards in both 2022 and 2023, two in 2024, five in 2025, and eight in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all federal sources total $3.3 million. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the immediate horizon. Seeley Union School District acts as prime recipient on 81% of awards; the remaining 19% consist of sub-awards passed through from California state education and social services agencies for nutrition and academic enrichment programs. The district's federal role is that of a recipient of K–12 education support funding and facility-improvement grants characteristic of rural and underserved school systems, not a vendor or contractor.