Yellowstone County Superintendent Of School

Yellowstone County Superintendent of School, doing business as Morin School District 17, is a public school district in Billings, Montana that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with a secondary footprint of sub-grants from the Montana Office of Public Instruction and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.

Morin School District 17 is a U.S. local government entity and school district operating under no federal contract vehicles and no set-aside designations. The district's federal funding footprint is entirely grant-based and does not engage in federal procurement contracting. The district's primary funding sources are federal education assistance programs administered through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with subordinate sub-grant awards flowing through the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

The district's grant portfolio centers on two primary programs: the Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7003) and the Small, Rural School Achievement Program. Impact Aid awards compensate the district for reduced local tax revenue resulting from federally exempt property and federally connected children in average daily attendance; recent Impact Aid recipients include awards dated October 1, 2025 (through September 30, 2031, $313,674) and December 16, 2024 (through September 30, 2030). Small, Rural School Achievement Program awards are formula grants; the most recent award carried a July 1, 2026 date with completion through September 30, 2027. As a sub-recipient, the district receives funds from the Montana Office of Public Instruction under Title I Part A (CFDA 84.010, most recent sub-grant July 1, 2024), School Nutrition programs (CFDA 10.555, most recent sub-grant February 10, 2025), and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding (CFDA 84.425).

Customer concentration is near-total with the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, accounting for 45 of 50 awards. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service provides four awards, and the Department of Education provides one. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $6 million. Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years — four awards in 2022, five in 2023, three in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026 — with only one award (combined potential value not specified) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Work is performed entirely in Billings, Montana.