Utah State Board Of Education

Utah State Board Of Education, doing business as Usoe, is a U.S. state government entity and a division of the State of Utah that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants (100% of recent awards) across education, child nutrition, and assessment programs. Usoe does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; it operates exclusively as a formula grant recipient and pass-through administrator distributing federal funding to local educational agencies, school districts, charter schools, community organizations, and service providers throughout Utah.

Usoe's federal footprint centers on education and child nutrition formula grants distributed by the Department of Education and Department of Agriculture. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominates the award count with 250 grants, covering Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Programs, English Language Acquisition, Migrant Education, Education for Homeless Children and Youth, Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers, Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities, Supporting Effective Instruction, and Neglected and Delinquent youth programs. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 110 awards spanning the National School Lunch Program (with $105.4 million obligated in fiscal 2026 alone), Child and Adult Care Food Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), and State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services holds 79 awards for Special Education Grants to States (CFDA 84.027) and Special Education Preschool Grants (CFDA 84.173), with $48.4 million and $3.97 million obligated respectively in fiscal 2026. Notably, the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center anchors $28.6 million in combined potential value across four awards—a significant outlier suggesting assessment or research data work—while the Institute of Education Sciences holds a $2.826 million definitive contract (awarded April 1, 2025, running through March 2035) for Usoe to serve as National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) State Coordinator for Utah.

As the state educational agency and pass-through recipient, Usoe distributes the vast majority of grant dollars to sub-recipients. Representative examples include Title I Part A Basic Grants ($40.5 million obligated in fiscal 2026) distributed to 40 local educational agencies and 76 charter schools; National School Lunch Program funding ($69.5 million obligated) passed through to over 100 school districts, charter schools, Head Start programs, and community action agencies; English Language Acquisition State Grants ($7.053 million obligated) distributed to 31 local educational agencies and schools serving English learners; and Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers ($7.075 million obligated) distributed to 14 sub-awardees including Davis, Jordan, and Grand County School Districts and community organizations like the YMCA of Northern Utah and Boys & Girls Clubs of Utah County. Usoe also administers specialized programs including Fresh Fruit and Vegetable ($3.639 million obligated), which flows to 30 named schools and districts across Utah, and Child Nutrition Technology Innovation ($541,924 obligated) to upgrade IT systems for Child Nutrition Program administration through September 2028.

Recent activity shows stable grant volume with 30 awards in 2025 and 15 recorded to date in 2026 (the source captures activity through July 2026). Eighteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating potential recompete or renewal touchpoints. The combined potential value across all 668 awards in the source totals $52.7 million, though combined dollars obligated reach $10.09 billion—a figure that reflects the formula-grant nature of Usoe's portfolio, where the same statutory allocation mechanisms renew annually and obligated amounts dwarf the ceiling values recorded in the award vehicle records.

Usoe's role across this portfolio is administrative and distributive, not operational—it receives formula allocations, sets aside funds for state administration and state-level activities as permitted by statute (typically 5 to 10 percent of allocations), and passes the remainder to local recipients through competitive or formula-based sub-awards. The vendor has no parent contract vehicles, no subcontracting relationships to private vendors, and no joint venture or teaming posture; its federal engagement is confined to state-agency pass-through stewardship of education and nutrition funding.