South Carroll County Special School District

South Carroll County Special School District, doing business as Clarksburg School, is a Tennessee-based public school district that receives federal education and rural development grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient, operating as a local government entity with no federal contracting footprint. The district is not an SBA-certified small business, 8(a) participant, or set-aside-eligible entity; it competes for and receives grants under standard federal grant programs, primarily through passthrough awards from the Tennessee Department of Education.

Clarksburg School's federal footprint centers on education and child nutrition formula and project grants. As a prime recipient, the district has received recurring awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (formula grants awarded annually from 2022 through 2026), a $975,823 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants award from the Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.855) for substance-use-disorder educational programming in rural Huntingdon, Tennessee (period of performance through September 2027), a School Violence Prevention Program project grant from the Community Oriented Policing Program (award date October 2025, completion September 2028), and a Farm to School Grant from the Child Nutrition Division (July 2023, completion June 2025). The vast majority of the district's federal funding arrives as sub-awards flowing through the Tennessee Department of Education, including National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program reimbursements, Title I Part A basic grants to local educational agencies, special education grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), career and technical education grants under the Perkins Act, and state grant allocations. The district also receives sub-awards for preschool cohort programming and professional development initiatives for teacher instruction.

The source data reflects 64 awards across recent years, with 39 sub-awards (61% of the portfolio) flowing from the Tennessee Department of Education and 25 prime awards (39%). Customer concentration is high and predictable for a school district: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 32 awards; the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 13 awards; the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 8 awards (meal reimbursements); and the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education accounts for 4 awards. These four entities together represent 92% of the award count. The district obligated $5.2 million across all awards in the source data window. Activity has increased in recent years, growing from 4 awards in 2022 to 14 in 2025, with 5 awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date. Four awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face renewal or recompete in that window.