Finance and Operations

Projects or programs funded in whole or part with Federal grant money must credit the Federal government for the Federal government’s portion of the financial support. This web page citation informs the public that the use of Federal dollars in Community Unit School District 201 meets the Stevens Amendment requirement. Staff development opportunities, resource purchases, and personnel have been funded in whole or in part with Federal entitlement dollars.

In accordance with ESEA Section 1111(h)(6) PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW, the Community Unit School District 201 is notifying every parent of a student in a Title I school that you have the  right and may request information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teacher. This information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teachers including, at a minimum, the following:

• Whether the teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
• Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.
• The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree.
• Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
• If at any time your child has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a teacher not highly qualified, the school will notify you.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Kevin Carey, Community Unit School District 201 Superintendent

2023-2024 Consolidated Grant Application - If you have any questions or feedback, please contact Nadine Norris, Title Grants Coordinator

Under the American Rescue Plan (ARP), which became law in March 2021, school districts around the country will receive funding to address the impact of COVID-19 on students' academic, social, emotional and mental health needs. This funding is known as "ESSER III."

"ESSER" is short for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief. ESSER III receives its numerical designation from the fact that the ARP ESSER Fund is the third set of COVID-related federal relief grants for schools that Congress has passed since the pandemic began.

ESSER I and ESSER II were established respectively by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020 and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act in December 2020.

As presented to the CUSD 201 Board of Education on May 18, 2021, the District plans to use its ESSER III grant money in four major areas:

• Academic Supports
• Social Emotional Supports
• Health and Safety
• Capital Improvements

Federal Funding Presentation