Brussels Community Unit SD 42

Brussels Community Unit SD 42, a U.S. government entity and Illinois public school district headquartered in Brussels, Illinois, operates as a prime recipient of federal education grants focused on K–12 student support and achievement, with subordinate sub-award participation in state pass-through grant programs.

The district's federal footprint is concentrated entirely within the Department of Education. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is the dominant funding source, accounting for 23 of 25 total awards across the recent data window; the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for the remaining 2 awards. As a prime recipient, Brussels CUSD #42 has received five consecutive annual awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (a formula grant), dated July 1 in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with ultimate completion dates staggered from September 30, 2023 through September 30, 2027. The district also participates as a sub-recipient in six federal grant sub-awards, all flowing through the Illinois State Board of Education as prime grantee. Recent sub-awards (dated September 2026, September 2026, and January 2026) fund residential costs for students with disabilities and student educational activities and materials for students at risk. A sub-award dated September 17, 2024 earmarked IDEA Part B Flow-through funds for speech and language services delivered through non-public partners, tuition support for students attending alternative schools, and professional development. A May 9, 2022 sub-award supported activities under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief III Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Combined dollars obligated across all 25 awards (prime and sub) total $804 thousand over the available data window spanning 2007 through October 2026. Award volume has remained modest and flat — two awards in 2022, one in 2023, three in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 — with only one award facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months (September 30, 2027). The district does not hold federal contracts, IDIQs, GWACs, BPAs, or other contract vehicles; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based, limited to education programs serving rural school districts and students with disabilities.