Shasta Union High School District

Shasta Union High School District, a local educational agency and public school district based in Redding, California, operates as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient delivering K–12 educational services to American Indian and Alaska Native students and broader student populations, with 60% of its recent federal funding flowing through sub-awards from the California Department of Education. The district is a designated Hispanic Servicing Institution and competes for education grants under full-and-open set-asides; it does not hold federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles.

The district's primary federal footprint centers on the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060). Shasta Union High School District has received direct prime grants from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education in each of the past five years for culturally responsive educational programming serving American Indian students. Recent awards include $137,878 (July 2026), $139,296 (July 2025), $136,279 (July 2024), $126,970 (July 2023), and $145,200 (July 2022), with awards consistently ranging between $126,970 and $145,200 annually. These grants fund academic instruction, cultural programming, teacher professional development, and targeted student support services designed to help Native American students meet state academic standards while preserving cultural heritage. The grant period runs July 1 through June 30 each fiscal year, with performance taking place in Redding, California.

Beyond direct Indian Education Formula Grants, the district receives substantial pass-through federal funding as a sub-recipient. The California Department of Education channels sub-awards across multiple federal education programs, with the district receiving sub-grants for Title I school improvement, English Language Acquisition (to help limited-English-proficient students attain English proficiency), special education and related services under IDEA, career and technical education, teacher quality and principal leadership development, school nutrition (breakfast and lunch services), and COVID-19 response funding through the Education Stabilization program. Sub-award activity accelerated in 2024–2026, with nineteen sub-awards issued in 2026 alone and twelve in 2024, reflecting increased federal pass-through allocations to California LEAs. The district also receives child nutrition funding from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service as a sub-recipient, supporting nonprofit breakfast and lunch service delivery.

Customer concentration is narrow and stable. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 30 of 55 total awards (54%), with the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service supplying 13 awards (24%), and three subsidiary Department of Education offices—Career Technical and Adult Education, English Language Acquisition, and Special Education and Rehabilitative Services—representing the remainder. These five customer entities account for 93% of all awards. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term and a stable, recurring federal funding stream anchored to the annual Indian Education Formula Grant cycle and California's multi-year sub-award distribution schedule.