Unified School District 452

Unified School District 452, doing business as Stanton County School District, is a Kansas-based local government school district that operates as a federal grant recipient, receiving funds from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service. The district does not hold federal contracts as a prime contractor and does not operate government-wide vehicles or IDIQs; its federal footprint is grant-based only, with 30% of recent awards held as a prime grant recipient and 70% received as a sub-recipient flowing from the Kansas State Department of Education.

The district's grant portfolio centers on Title I Low Income education funding and block grants for low-income student support and school nutrition programs. Prime grant work includes five consecutive annual formula grants from the Small, Rural School Achievement Program through 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 award (July 1, 2026) runs through September 30, 2027. Sub-recipient work flows almost entirely through the Kansas State Department of Education, capturing 43 sub-awards across Title I Low Income allocations and block grants dated between August 2022 and September 2026, with the densest sub-award activity concentrated in 2024, 2025, and 2026.

The district serves two federal customer agencies: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (24 awards) and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (37 awards), accounting for 100% of the award footprint. The combined dollars obligated across all 61 awards total $2.3 million over the source period. Activity has accelerated in the past three years—two awards in 2023 growing to thirteen in 2024, twelve in 2025, and sixteen in 2026 as of mid-September. Only one award reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The district's role is confined to direct receipt and pass-through of federal education and nutrition funding to support rural school operations and low-income student services; the district does not function as a vendor or service provider to other federal contractors or agencies.