Valier School District 18

Valier School District 18, doing business as Valier High School, is a U.S. local government school district operating as a prime recipient of federal education grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district operates as a child entity of Valier School District 18 (parent), headquartered in Valier, Montana, and receives formula and project grants supporting K-12 instruction, special education, English language learning, school nutrition, career and technical education, and teacher training.

The district's federal footprint consists entirely of education grants to a single customer agency — the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 100% of the district's 51 total awards (all prime grants, no contracts). The award portfolio spans formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and project grants under the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003. Recent prime grant examples include a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant awarded July 1, 2026, running through September 30, 2027; an Impact Aid Program project grant for $175,329 awarded October 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2031, which compensates the district for reduced local tax bases caused by federally connected children and supports general instruction and supplemental academic initiatives; and a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant awarded July 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2026. The district also receives sub-grant awards under Title I Part A (CFDA 84.010) as a sub-recipient from the Montana Office of Public Instruction, with sub-awards flowing through in September 2025, July 2024, and July 2023.

The district's combined obligation across all federal awards totals $1.9 million. Activity is sparse and episodic — one award in 2022, four in 2023, three in 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026 — with only one award reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The district operates 94% of awards as a direct prime recipient and 6% as a sub-recipient, reflecting its role as an eligible school district drawing formula and impact-aid funding rather than pursuing competitive procurement contracts. Valier High School has no presence on federal contract vehicles and does not bid or perform on federal contracts; it exists exclusively within the federal education grant ecosystem administered by the Department of Education.