Dallas ESD

Dallas ESD, doing business as School District 327, is a U.S. local government entity — a school district — headquartered in Dallas City, Illinois, that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient and as a sub-recipient from the Illinois State Board of Education. The district operates entirely within federal grant funding mechanisms rather than contract vehicles, with no contract prime or sub work in the source data.

Dallas ESD's federal footprint is concentrated in two Education Department grantor agencies accounting for 100% of recent awards. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education anchors the portfolio with 25 awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, a formula grant mechanism that has funded the district annually from 2022 through 2026. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services issued the remaining two awards. As a prime recipient, Dallas ESD has received five consecutive annual allocations under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (July 2022 through July 2026), with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026 and completion due September 30, 2027. These grants are formula-based — not competitive — and carry a combined obligation of $1.6 million across all 27 awards in the source data.

In its sub-recipient role, Dallas ESD received seven grant sub-awards flowing through the Illinois State Board of Education between August 2023 and September 2026. Those sub-awards funded student support services including instructional staff compensation, professional development for teachers, materials and equipment for at-risk students, residential costs for students with disabilities under IDEA Part B flow-through mechanisms, school improvement consulting and coaching, and tutoring and credit recovery for homeless, neglected, or delinquent youth. The sub-grant descriptions indicate Dallas ESD serves as the operational recipient managing funds distributed to students and schools within the district rather than as a pass-through intermediary.

Award volume has remained flat at one to three awards per year over the past five years, with only one award in the source data scheduled to complete within the next twenty-four months (the FY 2025 Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant due September 30, 2026). Dallas ESD does not appear in federal contracting systems and has no presence on government-wide acquisition vehicles, BPAs, or agency IDIQs. The district's federal footprint is limited to annual formula education grants and subordinate sub-awards for K–12 school operations and special education services.