Union School District

Union School District, a public school district based in Rimersburg, Pennsylvania, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and acts as a sub-recipient on entitlement and competitive grant programs flowing through the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts as a prime or subcontractor; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based.

Union School District's grant activity is dominated by two distinct federal programs. As a prime recipient, the district has received five consecutive formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Department of Education, with awards dated July 1 each year from 2022 through 2026, the most recent carrying an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027. As a sub-recipient, the district has received sixty sub-grant awards flowing through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, accounting for 83 percent of the district's total federal award count. The sub-recipient work splits into two functional categories: entitlement reimbursements for meal and milk provision to school children (the majority of sub-awards), and competitive grants targeting student academic achievement, school conditions, technology use, teacher and principal quality, and services for homeless children and youth. Sub-awards span from October 2022 through June 2026, with concentrated activity in late 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Customer concentration is absolute — the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education account for 100 percent of awards at 43 and 29 awards respectively. The obligated dollars across the entire federal award portfolio total $2.5 million. Activity has grown significantly year over year, from five awards in 2022 to a peak of twenty-three awards in 2025, before declining to thirteen in 2026. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district's federal footprint reflects its status as a small rural public school district eligible for formula grant support and as a pass-through sub-recipient for state-administered federal education and nutrition programs.