Unified School District 383

Unified School District 383, operating as the Robinson Education Center Division and Board of Education, is a U.S. local government school district in Manhattan, Kansas that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Education and the Department of Defense Education Activity, and operates as a sub-recipient under state education agencies and other federal grantees. The district does not hold federal contracts as a prime contractor and does not qualify for SBA set-aside designations; its federal footprint is 100% grant-funded (71% as sub-recipient, 29% as prime recipient).

The district's prime grant work centers on three core federal programs administered by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (recurring annual awards, most recent award July 1, 2026), the Impact Aid Program Title VII Section 7003 for federally connected children (current award $154,880, October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2031, reflecting the district's population of military-connected students from Fort Riley), and Head Start and Early Head Start (project grant awarded July 1, 2024, running through June 30, 2029). USD 383 also holds a $1.25 million Department of Defense Education Activity project grant under the Competitive Grants: Promoting K-12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools program (CFDA 12.556), awarded September 30, 2023 and running through May 31, 2028, to support curriculum development, academic interventions, counseling, enrichment programs, educator training, and technology integration for military-connected K-12 students.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward state pass-through and formula funding. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 71 awards (primarily National School Lunch Program sub-awards flowing through the Kansas State Department of Education), while the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 53 awards (Title I Low Income, Title II-A, Title III, Title IV-A, special education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and other K-12 formula programs). Together, these two customer agencies represent 88% of the district's 168 total awards. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families complete the customer set. Sub-recipient relationships flow predominantly through the Kansas State Department of Education, with material recent sub-awards also flowing from the Kansas Department for Children and Families (TANF and pre-school pilot funding), the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (Part C IDEA early intervention services), and the International Rescue Committee (refugee support services for ORR-eligible populations in the Manhattan area).

Award activity has accelerated materially in recent years—from eight awards in 2022 to forty-one in 2024 and thirty-six in 2025—reflecting expansion of the district's federal grant footprint and sub-recipient relationships. The district holds one contract sub-award (July 10, 2024, Serrato Corporation prime) for educational services at the Flint Hills Job Corps Center. Combined dollars obligated across the 168-award portfolio total $76.4 million. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal; only one award reaches ultimate completion within that window, indicating stable baseline funding under recurring formula and project grants.