Field Community Cons School District 3

Field Community Cons School District 3 (also Field CCSD #3), a rural Illinois public school district, receives federal education funding as a prime grant recipient under the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with secondary exposure to the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The school district operates as a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Texico, Illinois, and does not compete for federal contracts; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards and grant sub-awards tied to K–12 education programs serving students with disabilities and at-risk learners.

Field CCSD #3's recent federal activity centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA program, formula grant assistance type), for which the district has received five consecutive annual awards from ED's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education — one awarded as recently as July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion on September 30, 2027. The district's most recent awards total $1.3 million in combined dollars obligated across twenty-six prime and sub awards spanning 2007 through 2026. The school district also acts as a sub-recipient on a consistent basis, receiving pass-through funding from the Illinois State Board of Education in at least nine documented sub-awards since 2021. Those sub-awards fund special education services (IDEA Part B Flow-Through allocations for children ages 3–21 with disabilities), student educational activities and materials for at-risk learners, residential costs for students with disabilities, school improvement initiatives including attendance incentives and curriculum alignment, and emergency relief activities under the American Rescue Plan Act.

The district's customer base is narrow and concentrated: 100% of recent awards funnel through the Department of Education, with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounting for twenty-four awards and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for two. Activity volume is modest and relatively flat — one award in 2022, two in 2023, three in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026 — reflecting the recurrent, formula-based nature of federal K–12 education grants. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating stable funding continuity under standing federal education programs rather than competitive procurement cycles. The school district's federal engagement is fundamentally different from commercial vendor dynamics: it operates as an education service provider to its enrolled students and does not bid for contracts or serve as a commercial subcontractor to other vendors.