Stockton Unified School District 271

Stockton Unified School District 271, a Kansas-based U.S. local government school district, receives federal funding as a grant recipient (33% of recent awards as prime recipient) and sub-recipient (67%) for education and nutrition programs administered by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families.

The district's federal footprint centers on education and child nutrition funding flowing through state intermediaries. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service together account for all 60 recent awards in the portfolio, with the Education office driving 27 awards as prime grants and the Agriculture agency's nutrition programs comprising 32 awards. The district receives these funds as a sub-recipient through the Kansas State Department of Education (which serves as prime grantee on the vast majority of sub-awards) and the Kansas Department for Children and Families. Prime grant work from the Education office includes five consecutive awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grants), running on annual cycles from July 2022 through September 2027, with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026 and ultimate completion on September 30, 2027. Sub-recipient work through KSDE encompasses title I low-income education funding, block grants, and American Rescue Plan (ARP-ESSER) elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds, with the earliest visible sub-awards dating to 2022 and the most recent block grant awards dated September 22, 2026. A single TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) sub-award from the Kansas Department for Children and Families is dated July 1, 2026.

Activity has accelerated in the past three years — from three awards in 2022 to fourteen in 2024 and thirteen through September 2026. Combined federal dollars obligated across all sixty awards total $1.7 million. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. As a school district operating under the federal grants system rather than competing for federal contracts, Stockton USD 271 operates entirely outside the competitive procurement environment and does not sit on contract vehicles, BPAs, or IDIQs.