South Lemhi School District

South Lemhi School District, a public school district located in Leadore, Idaho, receives federal education and nutrition grants as a recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and sub-recipient awards flowing through the Idaho State Board of Education and the State of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. The district operates as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor and does not hold federal contracts or IDVs.

South Lemhi's federal footprint is concentrated in K–12 education funding and infrastructure. The district has received five consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards on July 1 of each year from 2022 through 2026; the most recent award runs through September 30, 2027. As a sub-recipient, South Lemhi has drawn eleven sub-awards since 2022, predominantly through the Idaho State Board of Education under Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies (two awards in 2024), the National School Lunch Program (four awards spanning 2022–2023), and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (two awards in 2022 and 2023). The district also received two infrastructure sub-awards from the State of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality in March 2024 and September 2024 for lead remediation in drinking water, including line replacement and hot water tank upgrades.

Activity has been modest and irregular. Twenty prime awards and eleven sub-awards total 31 federal awards across the source period, with annual volume declining from seven awards in 2022 to one award each in 2025 and 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards reaches $914 thousand, concentrated in education and child nutrition assistance rather than research or technology procurement. The district's three customer agencies — the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (24 awards, 100% coverage by count), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (5 awards), and Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 (2 awards) — reflect rural K–12 operations: formula entitlements for small schools, school lunch subsidies, and infrastructure support for health and safety compliance. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. South Lemhi's federal role is that of a service recipient and sub-recipient in the K–12 education and child nutrition pipeline, not a supplier to federal programs or a contractor serving federal customers.