School Districts Among Recipients of COVID Relief Fund Dollars

Illinois K-12 school districts are receiving $7 billion in federal funding to cover expenses incurred due to distance and hybrid learning due to COVID-19.

The latest round of unprecedented funding for schools through the American Rescue Plan, 90% of which will flow directly to school districts.

Effingham Unit 40 School District will receive $6,923,802. 

Here's a list of area districts and what they will receive:

--Altamont Unit 10--$2,004,230

--Beecher City Unit 20--$978,018

--Dieterich Unit 30--$1,254,007

--Teutopolis Unit 50--$870,544

--South Central Unit 401--$3,003,656

--Jasper Unit 1--$3,845,281

--Brownstown Unit 201--$1,646,842

--St. Elmo Unit 202--$2,077,799

--Neoga Unit 3--$1,746,530

--Cumberland Unit 77--$2,160,907

--Stewardson-Strasburg Unit 5A--$903,229

--Cowden-Herrick Unit 3A--$1,558,634

--North Clay Unit 25--$1,977,442