Community Unit School District 1

Erie Community Unit School District # 1, a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Erie, Illinois, is a recipient of federal education grants focused on rural school support and special education services. The district does not hold federal contracts as a prime or subcontractor; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, with all but two of its recent awards flowing through the Illinois State Board of Education as the administrative pass-through entity.

The district's prime grant work centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant, which the district has received annually since at least 2022. Successive awards span July 2022 through September 2027, with the most recent prime award dated July 1, 2026 (carrying ultimate completion of September 30, 2027). The district also receives sub-grant awards from the Illinois State Board of Education earmarked for Title I teacher compensation, professional development in literacy instruction, special education cooperative support, instructional materials and equipment for at-risk students, and residential costs for students with disabilities. A 2022 sub-award funded technology purchases and cleaning supplies under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief III Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act.

Activity has remained modest and flat across the tracked period. The district received nine prime awards and seven sub-awards over the past five years (2022–2026), with one to three awards per year and a combined dollars obligated of $1.7 million across all sixteen awards. Customer concentration is complete: 14 of 16 awards come from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and 2 from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure in the immediate term. The district operates as a direct recipient of federal education formula grants and as a sub-recipient of pass-through grants administered by Illinois's state education agency, with no involvement in federal contract procurement, small business set-asides, or prime-contractor teaming arrangements.