SOLE Public School

SOLE Public School, a rural K-12 local educational agency and U.S. government entity serving a predominantly Native American community in Solen, North Dakota, acts as a prime recipient of federal education and nutrition grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, with 32 percent of its awards as prime recipient and 68 percent flowing through the school district as a sub-recipient of pass-through funding from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

SOLE Public School's federal footprint concentrates heavily in two grantor agencies and their administered programs. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 71 awards supporting child nutrition programs, while the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 59 awards across multiple education grant programs. Together these two agencies represent 99 percent of the district's award activity. The school district qualifies as a recipient under Impact Aid (CFDA 84.041, Title VII Section 7003), which compensates school districts for lost local property tax revenue when federally connected children — those living on federal property or with parents employed on federal property or on active duty in the uniformed services — comprise at least three percent of average daily attendance. A $2.090805 million Impact Aid award issued October 1, 2025, with completion September 30, 2031, and prior Impact Aid awards dated December 2021, December 2022, November 2023, and December 2024 demonstrate recurring five-year or six-year grant cycles. The district also receives annual formula grants under the Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs program and the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, with completion dates typically falling on June 30 or September 30 of the following fiscal year.

Sub-recipient funding represents the bulk of SOLE Public School's federal activity. The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction passes through funding for school meal programs — the National School Lunch Program Free and Reduced (NSLP Free/Red), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) — with recurring monthly or bimonthly awards throughout the calendar year. The district also receives pass-through sub-awards for Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies (84.010A), Title II Professional Development (84.367), Title IV Student Support and Academic Enrichment (84.424), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Preschool (84.173A), McKinney-Vento Homeless Education (84.196), and Comprehensive School Improvement Grants (84.360). Recent sub-awards dated 2026 include cybersecurity risk reduction funding, ND FIRST literacy programming, and Title I commingling arrangements. Activity has grown steadily — three awards in 2022 to twenty-eight in 2026 — though this expansion reflects the timing of pass-through subaward distributions rather than new program eligibility. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure for the school district as a grant recipient.