Vermont State Agency Of Education

Vermont State Agency Of Education, doing business as Business Office, is a U.S. government entity acting as a federal grant recipient that administers education and child nutrition programs for the state of Vermont. The agency operates exclusively as a prime recipient (100% of awards) across education, special education, child nutrition, and food assistance federal grant programs, with no federal contract vehicles or subcontract relationships. The agency holds no SBA designations; as a state government entity, it is ineligible for small-business set-asides.

The agency's federal footprint centers on pass-through grant administration. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is the dominant customer by award count, funding 231 awards across Title I grants, twenty-first century community learning centers, student support and academic enrichment, migrant education coordination, English language acquisition, education for homeless children and youth, and state assessment programs. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service issued 192 combined awards (105 plus 87 in the portfolio listing) for child nutrition administration, including the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CFDA 10.558), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (CFDA 10.582), and state administrative expenses for child nutrition (CFDA 10.560), along with emergency food assistance programs (TEFAP, CFDA 10.568). The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education, the Employment and Training Administration, and the Food Distribution Division round out the customer base. Representative grant work includes a $24.8 million National School Lunch Program formula grant (CFDA 10.555, awarded October 1, 2025), a $6.55 million Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers formula grant (CFDA 84.287, July 1, 2025), a $6.693 million Student Support and Academic Enrichment formula grant (CFDA 84.424, July 1, 2025), a $1.87 million definitive contract from the Institute of Education Sciences to serve as Vermont's National Assessment of Educational Progress State Coordinator (April 1, 2025, running through March 31, 2035), and a $541,924 Child Nutrition-Technology Innovation Grant (CFDA 10.541, September 30, 2025).

The agency functions as a state educational agency pass-through entity for all grant awards, meaning it receives formula allocations and project grants, then sub-awards portions to local educational agencies, school districts, charter schools, nonprofits, and community-based organizations throughout Vermont. Sub-grant recipients named in the source include North Country Supervisory Union, Burlington School District, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union, Essex Westford School District, and the Vermont Foodbank, Inc. Award activity has remained stable over the past five years, averaging roughly thirty awards annually (2022–2025), with one award recorded for 2026 as of the source date. Thirty-two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, indicating recurring recompete opportunities for the agency across its grant portfolio.