Walsh School District NO. Re-1

Walsh School District NO. Re-1, a public school district in Walsh, Colorado, is a recipient of federal grants for K–12 education funding and operates as a sub-recipient on nutrition and workforce-development pass-through grants from the state education agency. The district does not hold federal contracts as a prime or subcontractor; its federal footprint is entirely grant-funded through the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.

Walsh School District operates as a sub-recipient on 50 of its 69 recent federal awards (72%), with the Board of Education Colorado as the intermediary prime grantee on the vast majority of sub-award activity. The district's prime recipient role covers five awards from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant, with awards dated July 1 in each year from 2022 through 2026. The Small, Rural School Achievement Program awards carry ultimate completion dates running through September 30, 2027, structured as annual formula grants with standard renewal. As a sub-recipient, Walsh School District receives pass-through funding from the Colorado state education agency for Title I (supporting disadvantaged students), Title II (educator professional development), Title IV (school safety and student well-being), and nutrition block grants and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program awards from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. Nutrition sub-awards have been flowing monthly or quarterly since 2023, with recent sub-awards dated through July 2026. The district also sub-receives Summer EBT (Emergency Benefit Transfer) funding, which provides summer nutrition assistance to eligible students.

Customer concentration is evenly split between two federal agencies. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service each account for 33 of the district's 69 recent awards (96% coverage combined). The Department of Education funding arrives through the Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants held at the prime level, while Department of Agriculture nutrition funding flows through Colorado's state education agency as the pass-through recipient. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $791 thousand, a modest footprint reflecting a small rural school district's direct federal engagement. Activity has grown year over year — from one award in 2022 to fifteen in 2024 and twenty in 2025 — driven primarily by the increase in nutrition sub-awards received monthly or quarterly from the state. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, placing minimal recompete pressure on the district's immediate funding base.