Allen-Otter Creek C.c.s.d. #65

Allen-Otter Creek C.c.s.d. #65, doing business as Allen TWP Cmty Cons Schl, is a U.S. local government school district based in Ransom, Illinois that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and does not operate as a prime or subcontractor on contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of formula grants and sub-grants flowing through the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district's primary federal revenue stream is the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA line not specified in source), under which it has received five consecutive annual awards as a prime recipient from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with the most recent award issued July 1, 2026 for the period through September 30, 2027. In addition, the district receives sub-recipient funding from the Illinois State Board of Education for special education and emergency relief activities. Sub-grant work includes reimbursement of residential costs for students with disabilities (award date September 25, 2026), IDEA Part B Flow-Through funds for free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment (award date October 1, 2025, supporting salaries, training, supplies, materials, and equipment), Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief III funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (award date May 18, 2022), and COVID-19 relief under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 (award date November 5, 2021).

The district's federal award footprint is highly concentrated and minimal in scale. Over the past five years, activity has averaged fewer than two awards per year, with 21 of 22 total awards sourced from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and one from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $447 thousand. The district operates as prime recipient on 86% of awards (19 awards) and sub-recipient on 14% (three awards), all sub-grant work flowing through the Illinois State Board of Education. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district's federal posture is characteristic of a small rural school district drawing formula entitlements and emergency-relief pass-through funding rather than competing for discretionary grants or contracts.