Durand Community Unit School District 322

Durand Community Unit School District 322, doing business as Durand Elementary, is a U.S. local government school district based in Durand, Illinois that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient, with supplemental funding flowing through sub-awards from the Illinois State Board of Education. The district does not hold prime federal contracts and does not operate on federal contract vehicles; its federal relationship is entirely grant-based through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The district's federal footprint is concentrated in two Education Office programs: the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (18 awards) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (2 awards), accounting for 100% of recent award activity. As a prime recipient, Durand Elementary has received formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program in five consecutive fiscal years — awards in July 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with ultimate completion dates spanning September 2023 through September 2027. The district also serves as a sub-recipient on grants issued by the Illinois State Board of Education, which flows federal funds downstream for targeted interventions. Recent sub-award purposes include reimbursement for residential costs of students with disabilities, funding for student educational activities and materials targeting at-risk populations, achievement-gap closure through professional learning communities and universal benchmarking in mathematics, special education staffing to reduce caseloads, and reading and math intervention for early-elementary students. Sub-awards cite activities authorized under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief III Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Award activity has remained modest and stable — two awards in 2022, three in 2023, three in 2024, and four in 2025, with one award (the July 2026 Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant) occurring most recently. Combined obligated dollars across all prime and sub awards total $1.8 million. Only one award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The district's grant posture is split 60% prime (12 awards) and 40% sub-recipient (8 awards), typical of small rural districts that receive both direct formula allocations and pass-through funding from state education agencies for specialized interventions in special education, reading intervention, and professional development.