White Shield School District

White Shield School District, a local school district in Roseglen, North Dakota, receives federal education and nutrition funding from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service as a prime recipient of formula grants and as a sub-recipient of pass-through awards from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

White Shield School District is a U.S. government entity classified as a local school district, with no federal contract vehicles or contract prime awardee status. The district operates entirely within the federal grant ecosystem, holding prime recipient status for education formula grants and accepting sub-recipient funding allocations for school nutrition and Title I programs. The district's federal footprint comprises 92 total awards (20 prime grants, 72 sub-grant awards) obligating $1.1 million across recent years.

The district's prime grant portfolio centers on two Education Department formula programs: Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (Local Educational Agencies) and the Small, Rural School Achievement Program. Prime awards issued directly to White Shield by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education include an Indian Education Formula Grant awarded July 1, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2027, a Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant awarded July 1, 2025, completing September 30, 2026, and an Indian Education Formula Grant awarded July 1, 2024, completing June 30, 2025.

The larger volume of the district's federal activity flows through sub-recipient awards from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, which serves as the prime grantee. These sub-awards span nutrition programs (National School Lunch Program paid and free/reduced meal categories, School Breakfast Program) administered by USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Title I Comingle Grants managed under Education Department authority, Child Nutrition Block Grants, and Summer Food Service Program allocations. Sub-grant awards began accelerating in 2023 (21 awards) and have maintained a steady volume through 2024 (25 awards), 2025 (22 awards), and 2026 (10 awards through July).

Customer concentration is absolute: 65 awards derive from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (nutrition reimbursement and program funding), and 27 awards derive from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (education formula allocations). No other federal agencies appear in the award footprint. The combined dollars obligated across all 92 awards total $1.1 million, reflecting the formula-grant and reimbursement nature of school district federal funding. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating low recompete exposure for the district in the immediate term.