Families and Guardians of Community Unit School District 201 may apply to receive free or reduced fees. There are two types of eligibility to receive free or reduced fees:

Free or Reduced-Price Meals
 

A student’s eligibility for free or reduced-price meals is determined by family-size income standards and income eligibility guidelines set annually be the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is distributed by the Illinois State Board of Education. The eligibility requirements are updated each year by July 1.

To review the latest eligibility guidelines or download and complete the application, please use the forms listed below.

School Fee Waiver
 

School fees will be waived or reduced for all students who are directly certified by ISBE as eligible for the Free or Reduced-Priced Meal program.

For students not directly certified by ISBE, CUSD 201 has a fee waiver application to complete when experiencing an extreme financial hardship. Our Superintendent or designee will give additional consideration where one or more of the following factors are present:

• Illness in the family;
• Unusual expenses such as fire, flood, storm damage, etc.;
• Unemployment;
• Emergency situation;
• When one or more of the parents/guardians are involved in a work stoppage.

If you are a family in need of utilizing a fee waiver, please use the form listed below.