Vernon Parish School Board

Vernon Parish School Board, a Louisiana K-12 local educational agency based in Leesville, receives federal grant funding from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service as a prime grant recipient, with the vast majority of its federal footprint routed through the Louisiana Department of Administration as sub-recipient on pass-through education and nutrition programs.

Vernon Parish School Board operates exclusively as a grant recipient, not as a federal contractor. The district holds prime recipient status on two recurring grant streams from OESE: Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (annually awarded in July, most recent award July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion June 30, 2027) and Impact Aid Program Title VII Section 7003 (awards in February, December, and October, with multi-year completion windows extending through September 30, 2031). The Impact Aid award of October 1, 2025, obligates $4.414 million through September 30, 2031, to offset lost local revenue from the presence of federally connected children and military-connected families in the district's schools; performance takes place in Leesville, Louisiana. The district's federal grant portfolio spans 181 awards across five reporting years, with significant year-over-year growth from four awards in 2022 to forty-two in 2025, and twenty-five awards through August 2026, together obligating $213.9 million.

The grant footprint splits 28% prime (50 awards) and 72% sub-recipient (131 awards), with sub-recipient work concentrated through the Louisiana Department of Administration across Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B 611, IDEA Preschool 619, Title I, Title IIA, Title IV-A Safe and Supportive Schools, Title V-B Rural and Low-Income Schools, Food and Nutrition Programs for Louisiana Children, Early Childhood Related to IDEA, Comprehensive Literacy State Development, and Emergency Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) II and III formulas and incentive programs. The district also received sub-awards under ARPA Child Care and Development Block Grants and ESSER incentive programs through Louisiana Department of Administration in earlier reporting periods. Department of Education OESE dominates the customer base at 94 awards, followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (48 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (24 awards), representing 97% of all awards. The Department of Defense Education Activity and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families each account for a small number of awards. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Vernon Parish School Board does not hold any federal contracts, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; its federal engagement is limited to direct and pass-through education and nutrition grant programs serving district K-12 students and eligible federally connected populations.