Tuscola Intermediate School District

Tuscola Intermediate School District, a not-for-profit educational organization headquartered in Caro, Michigan, operates as a federal grant recipient (21% of recent awards) and sub-recipient (79%) under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and related federal education and nutrition initiatives administered through the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles.

Tuscola's federal footprint centers on K-12 education, special education, career and technical education, and child nutrition support. As a prime recipient, Tuscola holds five consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards dated July 1 each year from 2022 through 2026, running through September 30 of the following year. The most recent prime grant was awarded July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion September 30, 2027. As a sub-recipient, Tuscola executes federal education work flowing from the Michigan Department of Education (the vast majority of sub-awards), the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and the State of Michigan directly. Sub-grant work spans special education (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Parts B and C, including preschool grants and Early On services for infants and families), career and technical education under the Carl D. Perkins Act (Perkins V), education for homeless children and youth, various Department of Education programs, Department of Agriculture nutrition programs, and health and human services initiatives including the Children Trust Michigan program and primary prevention partnerships.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Education, which accounts for approximately 64 of the 81 total awards through its Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (31 awards), Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (25 awards), and Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (8 awards), covering 98% of awards by count. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service represents 9 awards, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families represents 6 awards. All sub-awards flow through the Michigan Department of Education as prime grantee with the exception of a small number of awards from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the State of Michigan.

Over the past five years, Tuscola has received 7 awards in 2022, 8 in 2023, 17 in 2024, 15 in 2025, and 10 in 2026, showing growth from 2022 through 2024 and slight moderation since. Combined obligations across all 81 awards total $34.2 million. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a low recompete cliff and stable funding continuity across the grant portfolio through 2027.