Woodland Community Unit School District 5

Woodland Community Unit School District 5, doing business as Woodland High School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Streator, Illinois that receives federal grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and as a sub-recipient of pass-through grants from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Woodland is a public school district, not a for-profit vendor, and operates entirely within the federal grant space — no prime contracts, no IDVs, no vehicles. The district receives direct formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with five consecutive annual awards spanning July 2022 through September 2027. As a sub-recipient, Woodland draws pass-through funding from the Illinois State Board of Education across multiple federal grant programs, including special education (IDEA Part B Flow Through funds for children with disabilities ages 3–21), Title I reading and math instruction, federal school lunch program reimbursements, and emergency relief funds from the American Rescue Plan Act and the Coronavirus Relief Supply and Services Act. Sub-recipient work also covers residential costs for students with disabilities and at-risk student educational activities, materials, and equipment.

Customer concentration is singular by design — 26 of 36 awards (72%) derive from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, either as direct formula grants to the district or as sub-awards distributed through the Illinois State Board of Education as intermediary. The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 8 awards, and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for 2. Woodland's combined dollars obligated across all awards total $2.8 million over the source period. Activity has grown modestly but unevenly: one award in 2022, three in 2023, eight in 2024, five in 2025, and two in 2026 year-to-date. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, meaning minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district's federal footprint reflects its rural-school designation and participation in Title I, special education, school lunch, and emergency relief programs — the statutory and discretionary funding streams available to small public school districts under federal education and nutrition law.